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09-03-2017, 12:42 PM

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tomsteve

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Originally Posted by sweetichick

Can anyone help with what to expect from being sponsored? It seems like a big commitment to AA. My sponsor is 15 years younger than me and has 3 years of sobriety. I have no idea what being sponsored is like. I don't want to stuff it up or get a resentment. I have been in and out of AA for years but never worked the program.

good on ya for asking.
getting a sponsor is not a commitment to AA - its a commitment to recovery.
this should explain what a sponsor is about
https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/p-15_Q&AonSpon.pdf

"I have been in and out of AA for years but never worked the program"
welp, if youve never truly worked the program, then were ya ever really IN AA? or just skirting the edges? maybe just AROUND AA?

09-03-2017, 01:05 PM

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sweetichick

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Thanks for that link. It gave me more of an idea.

09-03-2017, 04:21 PM

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tomsteve

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one note, SC- a sponsor carries the message to the sponsee and doesnt carry the sponsee. a sponsor cant work the program for the sponsee. a sponsor cant mind read- they cant help if they dont know or if theres no communication from the sponsee