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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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SPONSOR   occurs   13 times    (Definition from Merriam-Webster Online)
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1.
... sponsor already has the advantage of knowing ...   12&12 p.61, Step Five
Besides, your sponsor already has the advantage of knowing something about your case.

2.
... sponsor, but not necessarily so.   12&12 p.61, Step Five
This person may turn out to be one's sponsor, but not necessarily so.

3.
... sponsor continues, "Take, for example, my own ...   12&12 p.26, Step Two
The sponsor continues, "Take, for example, my own case.

4.
... sponsor's ear alone.   12&12 p.185, Tradition Twelve
Enthusiastic over the spectacular recovery of a brother alcoholic, we'd sometimes discuss those intimate and harrowing aspects of his case meant for his sponsor's ear alone.

5.
... sponsor, "is a very good question indeed.   12&12 p.26, Step Two
"That," agrees the sponsor, "is a very good question indeed.

6.
... sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's ...   12&12 p.86, Step Nine
Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving to do the right thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may?

7.
... sponsor or spiritual adviser, we make a ...   12&12 p.89, Step Ten
Then there are those occasions when alone, or in the company of our sponsor or spiritual adviser, we make a careful review of our progress since the last time.

8.
... sponsor points out that our friend's life ...   12&12 p.39, Step Three
Of course the sponsor points out that our friend's life is still unmanageable even though he is sober, that after all, only a bare start on A.A.'s program has been made.

9.
... sponsor probably points out that the newcomer ...   12&12 p.46, Step Four
The sponsor probably points out that the newcomer has some assets which can be noted along with his liabilities.

10.
... sponsor probably says, "Take it easy.   12&12 p.26, Step Two
His sponsor probably says, "Take it easy.

11.
... sponsor promptly proves by talking freely and ...   12&12 p.46, Step Four
This the sponsor promptly proves by talking freely and easily, and without exhibitionism, about his own defects, past and present.

12.
... sponsor sold me one idea, and that ...   12&12 p.154, Tradition Five
Years later, this tough Irish customer liked to say, "My sponsor sold me one idea, and that was sobriety.

13.
... sponsor usually laughs.   12&12 p.26, Step Two
At this juncture, his A.A. sponsor usually laughs.


Passages from the Big Book Alcoholics Anonymous and the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions are reprinted with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.  The A.A. Preamble, copyright © The A.A. Grapevine, Inc., is reprinted with permission.  Permission to reprint does not in any way imply affiliation with or endorsement by either Alcoholics Anonymous or The A.A. Grapevine, Inc.

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