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WHAT HAPPENS AFTER IBECOME OR GET A SPONSOR?Both people find a mutually agreeable time and place to meet regularly. Sponsoree and sponsordecide what program principles theywill work on and how they plan to accomplish their goals.Members continue attending 12Step group meetings. Meetings are an equally important part of theprogram.Occasionally both people need to evaluate their sponsorship relationship.It is important to establish at the beginning of the relationship that either person can end the sponsorship relationship at anytime.Termination happens when the work together may be completed, wheneither person may see that thesponsorship relationship has gone as far as it can or when either is unableto continue the sponsorshiprelationship. Both people end their sponsorship relationship by sharingtheir closure together.GUIDEFORLIVING12-Step ProgramSPONSORSHIPRecovery is not a solitaryjourney.Even if you could do it alone,you don't deserve to do it alone.GOD grant me the SERENITYto accept the thingsI cannot change,COURAGE to change the things I can,and WISDOM to knowthe difference.Guide For LivingHome OfficeP.O. Box 1204Fort Colllins, CO 80522www.GuideForLiving.org1/2004
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Step 5: Admitted to God, to ourselves, and toanother human being the exact nature of our wrongs.PURPOSE:•study and listen to each other•learn and discuss the steps•make suggestions on how to usethe 12-step program•share personal 12-step experience•encourage accountability•develop trust, honesty•break the don't talk rule•develop commitmentTradition 5: Each Guide For Living group has butone purpose; to help others help themselves. (We do this by practicing the 12 Steps ourselves, by encouraging and understanding our fellow members, welcoming and givingcomfort to new members.)DEFINITION:Sponsorship is generally arelationship between two people ofthe same sex, who meet on a regular basis, where both continue to attendGROUP SPONSORSHIP: May be bothsexes, may focus on a topic, workbook, tapes, videos, pamphlets,etc. to study and work their programstogether.We can become helpers, as well as the helped;givers, as well as takers.CHARACTERISTICS TO LOOK FOR INA SPONSOR:Someone who has skills I don't have.Someone who has something I want.Someone who has wisdom to sharefrom their life experience.Someone who knows that this is not"a quick fix".Tradition 8: Guide for Living's Twelve Step workshould remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers.WHY BECOME A SPONSOR?We learn in the program that youdon't get to keep your 12-stepknowledge and skills unless you practice them and share them withothers by giving them away. Manymembers decide they are not ready for the program until someone showsthem the way.Step 12: Having had a spiritual awakening as theresult of these steps, we tried to carry thismessage to other people and to practice theseprinciples in all of our affairs.a 12-step meeting on a regular basis.In a group sponsorship, several peoplegather to work the steps together,possibly through a book study,outside the regular group meetings.Tradition 12: Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles above personality.Anonymity: Everything that is said in a meetingor member-to-member, is left there; notrepeated, even if a member leaves the group.TYPES OF SPONSORS:TEMPORARY SPONSOR: (For newcomers) Short term or agreedupon time (maybe 4-6 weeks), gives the sponsoree time to find a regular sponsor or to agree to continue in thisrelationship.REGULAR SPONSOR: An ongoingrelationship. The sponsor is someonewho is a seasoned member, someone with 12-step skills, "someone who hassomething I want."COSPONSOR: Both people are at a similar development in their program.They agree to mutually help eachother work the steps.