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**CarolD** · 10-06-2006, 06:16 AM

Here is more on Sponsorship...

AA Thought for the Day

October 6, 2006

Sponsorship

An AA sponsor is not a professional caseworker
or counselor of any sort. . .
A sponsor is simply a sober alcoholic
who can help solve only one problem:
how to stay sober.
And the sponsor has only one tool to use --
personal experience, not scientific wisdom.
Sponsors have been there, and often have more concern,
hope, compassion, and confidence for us
than we have for ourselves. . .
Remembering their own condition,
they reach out to help, not down.

Reprinted from Living Sober, Page 27, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.

10-06-2006, 06:16 AM	#4 (permalink)
CarolD Forum Leader Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Serene In Dixie Posts: 34,835	Here is more on Sponsorship... AA Thought for the Day October 6, 2006 Sponsorship An AA sponsor is not a professional caseworker or counselor of any sort. . . A sponsor is simply a sober alcoholic who can help solve only one problem: how to stay sober. And the sponsor has only one tool to use -- personal experience, not scientific wisdom. Sponsors have been there, and often have more concern, hope, compassion, and confidence for us than we have for ourselves. . . Remembering their own condition, they reach out to help, not down. Reprinted from Living Sober, Page 27, with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc. __________________ Each Day Sober Is A Victory!! Joy In AA Recovery!