[Tazman53]

Hi all, I am Martin an alcoholic, my sobriety date is 9/18/06 so sponsorship is a mysterious thing in AA that I do not understand all the nuances of sponsee sponsor relationships.

Any how I like the sponsor I have now, but I feel I am kind of revving my AA engine and I can not get the clutch to engage with him as far as working the steps.

I know that every one works at thier own speed and one does not want to rush through the steps the first time around.

At this point in time I have not even completed even step one with my present sponsor. Well last night I was calling my 3 drunks and there is this one guy I get along with great, he just celebrated 18 years of sobriety and he works and lives the steps! I spoke to him about this and some how I asked him to be my sponsor, he said yes!

We will be spending half the day Saturday togather to where he can not only help me to prepare to break the news to my present/old sponsor and what he expects of me and what I expect of him. We spoke for a good 1/2 and I really feel we are a good match, he meets my needs and expectations and I think I meet his criteria of a sponsee.

Any suggestions on how to move on this further?

Any comments?