I have a couple of questions about AA sponsorship.
- Do I literally just walk up and ask someone? There is a guy I've been chatting with at the meetings and he seems super cool. We exchanged numbers but I haven't made contact outside the meeting yet. Can I ask for his sponsorship via text or is that frowned upon?
- What is the expectation between sponsor and sponsee? Is a daily phone call a requirement? Again, is text communication acceptable?
- Are they responsible for "signing off" on your steps?
Thanks in advance!
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Yep. Just ask him. If he has a lot of experience he will probably tell you what his expectations are and how he likes to sponsor people and take them through the steps. You work together to decide when you’re ready to move on to the next step but your sponsor will have a lot more to say about it than you because he has a lot more experience and not-quite-sober-yet alcoholics lie to themselves and everyone else, but especially to themselves (and been-sober-a-long-time-but-don’t-work-the-steps-much-anymore alcoholics lie a lot, too). I had to stop drinking to see if I could get sober. For me simply being physically separated from alcohol made things worse. I was raw. Hang in there. It gets better! Actually, it gets better when it’s OK the way that it is-but that’s another story for another day.
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