12 step sponsorship book

A sponsorship guide for 12step programs offers the reader farranging suggestions, based on concrete experience, for the most common issues and dilemmas that arise when one agrees to become a sponsor in any 12step program. A sponsorship guide for 12step programs offers the reader farranging suggestions, based on concrete experience, for the most common issues and dilemma that arise when one agrees to become a sponsor in any 12step program. The 164 and more book, ebook, and web site are all concordances which display passages from the big book alcoholics anonymous, the twelve steps and twelve traditions, and the a. Twelve step sponsorshipits opportunities and its responsibilities. The twelve step program big book sponsorship 12 step. We wanted a book that could be used for topic discussions, step studies, and workshops. Twelve step sponsorship delivers each the idea and applyfind out how to do it and whyin a transparent, stepbystep presentation. Helping a sponsee work the steps is a sponsor s most important function. The app also features a sobriety calculator, a good selection of aa literature and the complete big book text 164 pages. Sponsorship is a wealthy and enduring a part of custom of alcoholics nameless. With it we can help one another to succeed and arrest the disease called addiction one day at a time regardless of the nature. A sponsorship guide for 12 step programs download ebook. We wanted a book that could be used to hold a meeting anywhere, anytime.

Home read the big book and twelve steps and twelve traditions twelve steps and twelve traditions twelve steps and twelve traditions a cofounder of alcoholics anonymous tells how members recover and how the society functions. For that reason, i chose sponsorship as the topic for this months article. Ebby thatcher was a longtime friend whom bill wilson met while enrolled at burr and burton seminary in vermont in 1912. The primary responsibility of sponsors is to help their sponsees work the twelve steps. A twelvestep program is a set of guiding principles outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems. Expanded accessibility and helpfulness, especially to new sponsors, are our only intentions in. 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.

As you read bba pages 9, put them in the doctors opinion of the aa big book. The mothership 12 step program, alcoholics anonymous, traces its roots to a quasisponsorship that bill wilson, the cofounder of a. In fact, we cannot work them alone if we follow the way the aa big book suggests that we work them. Deciding to get help and go to treatment is a huge step, but another important aspect of recovery begins when you leave treatment and get back to your daytoday life. Its not about being sponsoredits about sponsoring others that is a predictor for recovery. Upon achieving step one the admission of powerlessness and step two agreeing that there is, in fact, a higher power, step three goes beyond words to actions. It opens the door to the rest of the steps and allows a person to begin the process of selfreflection step four and admitting the nature of ones wrongdoings step five. I find that its very important to go over your step 8 list with a sponsor or other 12 step member that has worked all the steps someone whom you trust for direction. Following the subsequent extensive growth of twelve step programs for other addictive and dysfunctional behaviors, many additional books were written and recordings and videos were produced. A first of anything is a beginning, and so it is with the steps.

The twelve steps are the foundation of aa and other twelve step recovery programs. Originally proposed by alcoholics anonymous aa as a method of recovery from alcoholism, the twelve steps were first published in the 1939 book alcoholics anonymous. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Twelve step sponsorship omaha central office alcoholics. This is the first full length book i have ever found on the issue of sponsorhip within 12 step groups. This is the workbook edition of the sponsors 12 step manual. We wanted workbook items so that members could write down their thoughts and discuss questions with aca friends. Chapter 5 relaxation focus meditations prayers step 4 39 assets and liabilities check list 40 notes. Big book sponsorship guide 3 you are going to become a sponsor. Narcotics addiction 12 step support a sponsorship guide for 12 step programs by m. Seventeen sponsors with collective recovery time of over 250 years share their experience and insights as they describe. This, the newcomer thinks, is just about the last straw. I still suggest a meeting a day, but definitely not less than three or four times a week. Twelve step sponsorship is the first truly comprehensive loo.

Below, are the idiots guides for the addictionissue you are addressing. A sponsorship guide for 12step programs ebook by m. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol drugs, actingout behaviour, that our lives had become unmanageable. Everything i am about to write is simply my opinion, based completely on my experience in this arena. 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. Narcotics addiction12 step support a sponsorship guide for 12 step programs by m. We strive to provide information, tools and resources for working a 12 step program or any program using 12 step principles for recovery in as simple and effective way as possible. Pdf twelve step sponsorship download full pdf book. There is no step 9 worksheet, as this is a step that needs to be made to the person s we have harmed. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for improvement or comments about this site. Aa to z is a readerfriendly paperback chock full of useful information for new alcoholics anonymous participants, students of 12 step programs, and the general reader curious to know how such. Twelve step sponsorship is the first truly comprehensive look at sponsorship, a role recovering people benefit from both as sponsees and ultimately as sponsors. Some na members feel their way through the first step1 by intuition. Oct 26, 2019 12 step guide for alcoholics anonymous step by step explanation and understanding of the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous via sharing of an alcoholic.

The above article is an excerpt from the book twelve step sponsorship. A sponsorship guide for 12 step programs offers the reader farranging suggestions, based on concrete experience, for the most common issues and dilemma that arise when one agrees to become a sponsor in any 12 step program seventeen sponsors with collective recovery time of over 250 years share their experience and insights as they describe common situations sponsors. To show other alcoholics addicts precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. This book discusses what a sponsor does, how to find a sponsor, and how to be a sponsor. The central office is closed on the observance days of new years, memorial day, july 4th, labor day, thanksgiving and christmas. Seventeen sponsors with collective recovery time of over 250 years share their experience and insights as they describe common situations sponsors face and. How to work the 12 steps of aa with your sponsee sober city usa. Jan 12, 2018 twelve step sponsorship delivers both the theory and practicehow to do it and whyin 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. Sponsorship has since become one of the foundations of the recovery programs for of all the 12 step fellowships and one of the greatest blessings of membership. Take all 12 steps in just 4 hours download this aa big book step guide and work book. Twelve step sponsorship offers a welcome reinforcement to the tradition of passing it on from one generation of sponsors to the next. The twelve step program big book guide big book sponsorship. Seventeen sponsors with collective recovery time of over 250 years share their experience and insights as they describe common situations sponsors face and relate the. The suggestions in twelve step sponsorship did not originate with me. Aa to z is a readerfriendly paperback chock full of useful information for new alcoholics anonymous participants, students of 12step programs, and the general reader curious to know how such. Twelve step sponsorship delivers both the theory and parcticehow to do it and whyin a clear, stepbystep. Click download or read online button to get a sponsorship guide for 12 step programs book now. For me, the sponsorsponsee relationship has been one of the most important, and sacred, relationships in my almost 27 year journey on the 12step path. The only real authorities in aa are the big book entitled alcoholics. Twelve step sponsorship delivers both the theory and practicehow to do it and.

I read this book after reading a sponsorship guide for 12 step programs by m. I find time to do and say things that would help heal the damage that i have done. I show them how i did it in my aa big book and how i abbreviate as in do i believe it is dib. We wanted a book that a sponsor could use to guide a sponsee through the recovery process. Everything in the book comes from aa through its members, meetings, and publications, but it is filtered through my perception. Oct 08, 20 a sponsorship guide for 12step programs ebook written by m. When most people find themselves in a 12step based meeting of any sort, they are more than likely not the happiest. Stepbystep guide for sponsors contents purpose and use of this guide 5 before getting started on the steps 11 questions and answers on sponsorship. Its not the only text, nor is it the only way to understand how it works, but it is a way that ive found very helpful, mostly for its socratic style in teaching how to lead another through all twelve steps. I try to bring goodness where previously i had brought discord and destruction. A sponsorship guide for 12 step programs offers the reader farranging suggestions, based on concrete experience, for the most common issues and dilemma that arise when one agrees to become a sponsor in any 12 step program. The first step is the beginning of the recovery process. The first book written to cover the 12 step program was titled alcoholics anonymous, affectionately known as the big book by program members.

When am i most likely 53 step ten a spiritual road maps 56 step ten daily journal worksheet 58 step ten daily journal sample worksheet 59 step eleven louis affirmation supplement 63 60 step twelve daily practice supplement page 68 64 oldfashioned twelve step call 70 book of inventories book two contents. Twelve step sponsorship delivers both the theory and practicehow to do it and whyin a clear, stepbystep presentation. This twelve step workbook guide substitutes terms and phrases related to alcoholism to include any actingout or obsessivecompulsive addiction patterns such as, drugs and all mind altering substances, sugarfoodovereating, nicotine, gambling, sex love pornography, electronic. As the title implies, the book offers a very good description of how sponsorship works in the context of nearly all twelve step groups. Make a meeting a day, especially if she is struggling on a daily basis to stay clean. The idea of sponsorship was born in aa, the original 12 step fellowship. Also available as an e book available to purchase from your favorite e book retailer. Hamilton b sponsorship is a rich and enduring part of the tradition of alcoholics anonymous. The following list are tools and resources suggested by sponsoring workshop attendees. The story of how more than one hundred men have recovered from. 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. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read a sponsorship guide for 12step programs. The sponsorship guide is your syllabus throughout your 12step course using the idiots guide below, are the idiots guides for the addictionissue you are addressing.

I first help my sponsees determine which amends should be made, and. How it works book by hamilton b passing it on is a key concept in the twelve step community and many of the traditions and knowledge of the twelve step recovery program have been passed down by. Speaking from experience, many people came into the rooms of a 12step meeting very broken. A sponsorship guide for 12 step programs download ebook pdf. The guide applies established educational techniques blooms taxonomy to developing an understanding of the 12 steps of alcoholics anonymous. Twelve step sponsorship delivers both the theory and practicehow to do it and whyin a clear, step by step presentation.

Questions from the 12 and 12 text step one 19 we admitted that we were powerless over alcoholthat our lives had become unmanageable. Print the idiots guide pertaining the addiction you are addressing. An independent guide to teaching and learning the program of a. For them newcomers, we hope these pages will prove so. In the search for a person who will be a good match for you, you will want to look for someone who is happy. The sponsorship guide is your syllabus throughout your 12step course using the idiots guide. Its based on the big book comes alive in oa weekend workshops. The book living sober an aa publication, describes how. In addition to the resources listed, we hope to have recordings of each session available in the near. This twelve step workbook guide substitutes terms and phrases related to alcoholism to include. Big book sponsorship 12 step recovery from any and all. 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. Sponsorship is a rich and enduring part of tradition of alcoholics anonymous. Theres some books missing from this list, like the 12 step sponsorship book and alanons paths to recovery, as well as step books ive worked before like a gentle path through the 12 steps, and blueprint for progress both sizes.