Bob, Mandy, Ralph, and Jeremy wrap up their three part sponsorship series in a discussion about sponsorship in Alcoholics Anonymous and the recovery journey. Through personal stories and hard earned experience, the panel explores who can become a sponsor, whether to work with multiple newcomers, the importance of boundaries, balancing responsibilities, and how to respond to relapse. They also discuss the value of continued support after treatment, recognizing when professional medical help is needed, and the role sponsorship plays in building stronger recovery communities. At its core, this episode emphasizes humility, service, personal responsibility, and the power of sharing experience, strength, and hope to help others find a healthier way of living.

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Thought to Consider…

The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.
A.A. is like an adjustable wrench, it fits almost any nut.
I have learned what the Grace of God feels like.
A recovering alcoholic without a sponsor is much like a ship without a rudder.

AACRONYMS

W I L L I N G = When I Live Life, I Need God

“We know that while the alcoholic keeps away from drink, as he may do for months or years, he reacts much like other men. We are equally positive that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system, something happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop. The experience of any alcoholic will abundantly confirm this.”

“Though there is no way of proving it, we believe that early in our drinking careers most of us could have stopped drinking. But the difficulty is that few alcoholics have enough desire to stop while there is yet time.”
. . . we know that the pains of drinking had to come before sobriety, and emotional turmoil before serenity.

Lest we become complacent

It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.

Sponsorship

“No satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done. To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, to see whole families reassembled, to see the alcoholic outcast received back into his community in full citizenship, and above all to watch these people awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives – these things are the substance of what we receive as we carry A.A.’s message to the next alcoholic.”

“Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!”

We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime. Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone. Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help. Love and tolerance of others is our code. And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone-even alcohol.

When I place more value on my serenity and sobriety than on anything else, I can maintain them at a higher level—at least for the time being.

Dianne