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Beginners Sponsorship Topics:

What Is A Sponsor

Importance of Being Honest

Finding A Sponsor

Who To Pick

Should a Person Have More Than One Sponsor

Developing a Relationship With a Sponsor

Tools

Big Book Aides

12 Steps of A Sponsor

12 Steps To A Slip

SHOULD A PERSON HAVE MORE THAN ONE SPONSOR?

Among 12-Stepper, it is strongly suggested that a newcomer have only one sponsor; this cuts down on the confusion and the tendency to play one sponsor against the other. With more than one sponsor a person tends to give bits and pieces of their history and their feelings to each one; but a single sponsor is told the whole story. It is more of a stretch to have one sponsor. When a person comes into the program, it is time to take off the masks; the more in-depth the sponsor gets to know the new member, the more individualized help the newcomer receives.

©1999, Stanice Anderson, excerpt from 12-Step Programs: A Resource Guide for Helping Professionals     E-mail stanice@stanice.com

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This website is not intended to replace a sponsor, but rather to aide you and your sponsor in recovery.  This is just a way to start working the steps, and share in someone else's experience, strength and hope. 

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