Discussion Topic: Is everyone in your group being sponsored and sponsoring others? 

The author of the article “Stepping into Freedom from the Obsession” often says he “sponsors sponsors.” In other words, sponsoring is not an option but an absolutely indispensable part of our Solution. 

Are you being sponsored by a fellow who has worked the Steps with a sponsor himself? Are you in turn sponsoring others? 

Is everyone in your group being sponsored and sponsoring others? Or is sponsoring in your group considered to be something optional? 

Is your sponsoring literature-based? Is it based on our Sobriety Definition (WB 191-193)?

Are you stimulating your sponsees from the very beginning to reach out to their Higher Power and pray when tempted in order to get them in the habit of turning to God first? Or do you keep them, maybe unconsciously, dependent on you? 

Do you keep your sponsoring well separated from your opinions, outside issues, religious views, etc.? 

Do you dare to open up, be vulnerable and intimate with your sponsees—or do you hide behind the seemingly safe role of “teaching” them?  

You may use this topic in a discussion meeting, or send us a story of your own recovery journey to essay@sa.org