I am newly sober myself, but have been in AA about 3 years and have had a sponsor the whole time. So clearly I am no expert.
But, one of the things I like and find very important that I have with my current sponsor (had her for 9 months) is that she does not ask me to do anything that she is not willing to do or has done herself. She has a sponsor and is working a program. She tells me what steps her sponsor has her working on and the advice her sponsor gives her.
No one is an expert. No one is "done". I think we all need guidance, from others in the program and from a Higher Power.