[sugErspun]

My sponsor mainly took me through the steps, and he is there if I need anything - but I just really chit chat and say hi when I see him.

If I have burning issues, or tenth step stuff to discuss, I have another fellow in the program that I call just because we talk more often - he has known me longer and we have a friendship that goes a long way outside of AA.

That is why I often refer to my 'sponsor' as my step guide - he brought me in to AA, made me speak at rehabs and such, raise my hand, ask for help, took me through the book and the steps - I did my fifth with him and reviewed my ammends list with him before approaching anyone. But our relationship is 90% recovery, and I accept that - we are different people in different places in my life - not to mention he is a 'high demand' sponsor - when he speaks, newcomers always ask him if he will sponsor them. So he always has 4-5 guys that are actively going through the steps all the way.


Didn't Bill refer to Ebby as his sponsor even after Ebby had returned to drinking? I thought I read that somewhere...