Originally Posted by
Ghoster18 
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My 12 step sponsor came recently and stayed with me for a week it was a complete waste of time. G
He is still sober isn't he? So it wasn't a waste of his time. There might be a clue in that.
I dont know about addiction but I do know that there is no such thing as trauma induced alcoholism. The trauma can certainly make it worse, but the fact is you would have been alcoholic had the trauma not happened.
Treat the alcoholism with the steps, and, fairly early in the piece, you will be in a position to get effective therapy for the trauma, therapy that your sponsor is not qualified to give. Your sponsor knows only about a single solution to alcoholism. If he is giving you the facts on that, he is doing his job.