Originally Posted by
Luchita 
I hear mentors mentioned a lot in the posts. What does this involve and how do you go about finding someone to be your mentor?
Perhaps you're thinking of the sponsorship practice used in 12-Step groups like AA? In AA, a sponsor is a person who has achieved sobriety by working the spiritual 12-Steps and then shows a newcomer how to work those same 12-Steps.
This AA pamphlet*
http://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/p-15_Q&AonSpon.pdf provides more detailed information regarding sponsorship. And if you have other questions regarding AA, you may want to check-out the 12-Step sub-forum on this site:
Alcoholism-12 Step Support - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information
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