[cookconfay]

Well where I come from....a year isn't stressed. It is merely said....if you have a sponsor and you have been through the steps with a sponsor....then....you can sponsor someone....I have also been told that you can help someone to as far as you are....and actually you could be working on yourself with your sponsor to get further as you are helping someone else..... The most common thing I have heard through all my years in & out of the program is don't ever say no.......when asked to help someone, sponsor them, chair a meeting, carry the message, 12 step calls, speaker...whatever....don't ever say no.....