The Gifts of Sponsorship
Laurie, a recovering compulsive overeater, reflects on her gratitude for the gifts that sponsorship brings to Twelve Step recovery.
Sponsorship
What OA Has Done for Me
Mindy shares how Overeaters Anonymous transformed her life through surrendering to her Higher Power, working the Twelve Steps, and embracing a supportive community, leading to profound physical, emotional, and spiritual growth.
The Tiniest of Cracks
A couple of months ago, I had an evening when I was feeling so much frustration, irritation, resentment, and disconnection from myself and those around me. I texted my sponsor and said, “I don’t know how to allow a Higher Power to help me. I just have too much resistance. I know that the Power of love in the world exists and could help, but … Continued
Online Recovery
In this short story, Laurie expresses her gratitude for the virtual Fellowship and virtual options for working the program. For Laurie, a mix of face-to-face meetings and virtual meetings has saved her life and her recovery.
No Good or Bad Sponsors
“My sponsor reminds me there is no such thing as a good or bad sponsor,” says S.S. “All have taught me something and have been examples of what I want or do not want to do.” If you are looking for a sponsor, this story can broaden your perspective.
A Good Sponsor Wannabe Starts Small
Want to be a good sponsor? Try starting small with this OA member’s suggestions.
Thank-You Notes
Can you start sponsoring with only a month of abstinence? Yes. Can you start if you are only on Step Three? Yes. Can sponsoring someone only take 10 minutes a day? Yes. Will sponsoring fill your life with gratitude? You bet!
Sponsorship Is “Walking Someone Through the Steps”
“One of the better moves I made early in recovery,” says Anonymous, ”was finding a sponsor, says Anonymous from California USA. “As a sponsor, I have been able to help others and pass one what was freely given to me. . . . and that has proved to be the key to a happy, spiritual, and satisfying way of life.”
My Sponsor Was Right: OA’s Twelve Steps Did Work for Me
Earlier in her program, Barbara E. says she was “extremely skeptical that I might ever become neutral around the foods that beckoned me or that I’d become a happier, less volatile woman.” But her sponsor persisted in feeding her OA wisdom, and Barbara was desparate, and so she listened. Simply put, Barbara says of her sponsor, “She was right.”
Key to Accountability
Christina made the mistake of waiting to get a sponsor . . . and she is sharing her story now so you don’t have to make that same mistake. “Don’t wait,” she says. “Recovery awaits!”