msmetal

Hello Everyone! Hope all is well on this site. I would like to know if anyone here would have any suggestions for reading material on sponsoring within the Alanon program. Perhaps some kind of workshop guide that I can find online somewhere that would give suggestions. Although I have the guidance of my own sponsor, I am looking for some reading material. I have seen books about sponsoring for the other side, but no luck find much for sponsoring family, friends, or members of anons. Thanks for any suggestions! Karla

Zoey

msmetal, I tried Google, put in "addiction sponsors", found "book search", looks like lots of books.
Perhaps someone has better info.

imherenow

These are readings from the AA Big Book

Step 1:
The Doctor's Opinion
Bill's Story
There Is A Solution through "The experience of any alcoholic will abundantly confirm this" is the physical craving
There Is A Solution through More About Alcoholism is the mental obsession/mind

Step 2:
We Agnostics

Step 3 and 4:
How It Works

Steps 5 thru 11
Into Action

Step 12
Working With Others
To Wives
The Family Afterward
To Employers
A Vision For You
Appendice 2: Spiritual Experience

Baritone

I haven't actually seen it myself, but there's an Al-Anon pamphlet, "Sponsorship, What It’s All About" (Publication #P-31) that it looks like you can order from the Al-Anon web site.

http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/publications.html

- Jim