December 14 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
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December 14 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON
December 14 in The Little Blue Book ONE DAY at a TIME in AL-ANON:
SPONSORSHIP: WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT is the title of a booklet available to any member. This is a new thought to many of us. We may doubt that we’re strong enough in the program – we may think we “haven’t time to take on somebody else’s troubles.” Being a sponsor is a great adventure. It is more than that – it is a great education in human relations and in spiritual growth.
Once we start, we’re amazed to find out how much we have absorbed of the Al-Anon program. And from this personal interchange and sharing, the sponsor often gains even more than the sponsored!
TODAY’S REMINDER
It is not only the newcomer who benefits from having one particular person to look to for guidance – even the old-timer in the program may find that another member, with different and perhaps better insights, can be of immense help. As one member put it,”…answers came not from books, but from mutual caring and thinking out loud with someone you felt comfortable with.”
“I would strongly recommend sponsorship to anyone in Al-Anon. It opens a whole new area of mind and heart; it’s a big job and you have to grow in it.”
SPONSORSHIP: WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT is the title of a booklet available to any member. This is a new thought to many of us. We may doubt that we’re strong enough in the program – we may think we “haven’t time to take on somebody else’s troubles.” Being a sponsor is a great adventure. It is more than that – it is a great education in human relations and in spiritual growth.
Once we start, we’re amazed to find out how much we have absorbed of the Al-Anon program. And from this personal interchange and sharing, the sponsor often gains even more than the sponsored!
TODAY’S REMINDER
It is not only the newcomer who benefits from having one particular person to look to for guidance – even the old-timer in the program may find that another member, with different and perhaps better insights, can be of immense help. As one member put it,”…answers came not from books, but from mutual caring and thinking out loud with someone you felt comfortable with.”
“I would strongly recommend sponsorship to anyone in Al-Anon. It opens a whole new area of mind and heart; it’s a big job and you have to grow in it.”
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