What Is a Sponsor - Episode 243

About this episode

The episode discusses misconceptions about sponsorship in recovery and contrasts them with the original messages found in the Big Book.

Somewhere along the way, we traded the clear, urgent, life-saving message in the Big Book for opinions like “wait a year,” “one step a month,” or “you need five years before you sponsor.” But none of that is found in our literature or our history.

People in this episode

Hosts: Donnie, Heather

Topics covered

• sponsorship
• recovery
• addiction
• literature
• self-help

Keywords

• sponsor
• Big Book
• recovery
• addiction
• self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Big Book

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