I utilize a food sponsor and share meals and snacks I’ve eaten during the day. While I have choices regarding the food I eat, my sponsor makes comments regarding the balance and moderation in my food plan. She also suggests when I might consider changes in my food plan. My honesty with her is essential in keeping me accountable and humble, reminding me of my powerlessness over my disease and that writing my food down is an act of surrender.
I utilize two Step or spiritual sponsors. My relationship with each of them is different. WE need a circle or village to sustain us.
Currently I speak with one sponsor twice a week and we read from the AA 12&12 together, taking one page per call. WE discuss what we have read and talk about any “burning issues” that I may be experiencing. This helps me remember where I come from and reminds me of the serious nature of my illness.
My other sponsor is available to me whenever I need to discuss big emotional concerns and she constantly points me back to my relationship with God, the Steps, passages in the BB, and frequently reminds me to use the tools daily. Her job has been, not only to guide me through the Steps, but to continually focus my trust and reliance on a power greater than myself for all my problems.
I am grateful to each of my sponsors for their love and support. They bless me with their recovery and their relationship with God.
— Laura B.