I was in AA for years and it helped me. But I never "worked through the steps with a sponsor." I had a temporary sponsor for a few weeks and asked another fellow to take over. He said he would provided that I acted as sponsor for someone else. I was never able to get someone else to have me sponsor them so I made do by myself and with the help of an agnostics group. So perhaps this may show that I'm not dogmatic (well- dogs, that's something else), that I'm flexible and pragmatic, not "spreading misinformation" and that there are several ways of skinning a cat (or cooking one's goose!). The important thing, at least for me, is that I haven't had a drink for 24 years. Some folks might say that I've been on a dry drunk. That's O.K. with me. Whatever it is I've survived and been able to deal with lots of stuff which, when drinking, would have done me in for sure. I hope to have many many more years on my dry drunk! Also I've never been to Alabama.
W.