Some suggested Do’s of Sponsorship:
- Present an example of how the program is working in your life.
- Encourage meeting attendance.
- Introduce the newcomer to others in the program.
- Help the newcomer to understand 12-Step literature.
- Urge the newcomer to take an active role in their own recovery.
- Share your experience, strength, and hope.
Some suggested Don’ts of Sponsorship:
- Avoid being judgmental.
- Avoid imposing your personal views.
- Refrain from taking another’s inventory.
- Don’t make decisions for the newcomer.
- Don’t pretend to know all the answers.
Above all, remember that the key to the program is fellowship. You are being given a treasured opportunity to participate in your own recovery, and in that of another at the same time. Give away freely those things that were given freely to you.