Twelve Step Sponsorship is the first truly comprehensive look at sponsorship, a role recovering people benefit from both as sponsees and ultimately as sponsors.Sponsorship is a rich and enduring part of tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Twelve Step Sponsorship delivers both the theory and practice--how to do it and why--in a clear, step-by-step presentation. Written by the author of
Getting Started in AA, a widely acclaimed guide for the newcomer to the program of AA,
Twelve Step Sponsorship is the first truly comprehensive look at sponsorship, a role recovering people benefit from both as sponsees and ultimately as sponsors.
Twelve Step Sponsorship includes informative sections that deal with: finding a sponsor and being a sponsor.
Twelve Step Sponsorship offers a welcome reinforcement to the tradition of "passing it on" from one generation of sponsors to the next.
"Passing it on" is a key concept in the 12 step community. Since it began, its traditions and knowledge have been passed down by word-of-mouth from one generation of sponsors to the next, rather like elder passing on their wisdom. The text, by a former president of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, applies this knowledge and tradition to this handbook for sponsors. With reading assignments, common questions answered, and procedural suggestions - this how-to programme guides sponsors through their role in reaching out and helping new programme members, from the first meeting through the 12th step and into the years that follow.
