From: "Availing yourself of a sponsor"
An A.A.
sponsor is not a professional caseworker or counselor of any sort. A sponsor is
not someone to borrow money from, nor get clothes, jobs, or food from. A sponsor
is not a medical expert, nor qualified to give religious, legal, domestic or
psychiatric advice, although a good sponsor is usually willing to discuss such
matters confidentially, and often can suggest where the appropriate professional
assistance can be obtained.
A
sponsor is simply a sober alcoholic who can help solve only
one problem: how to stay sober. And the sponsor has only one tool to use -
personal experience, not scientific wisdom.
Sponsors have been
there, and often have more concern, hope, compassion, and confidence for us than
we have for ourselves. They certainly have had more experience. Remembering
their own condition, they reach out to help, not
down.
1998 AAWS Inc.
Living Sober page 27
1998 AAWS Inc.
Living Sober page 27
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