We all needed a helping hand and someone to listen.

Got a Sponsor yet?

A sponsor can help you stay sober.
A sponsor can stay sober by helping you.
A sponsor can help you work the 12 Steps, and walk through them with you.
You can ask someone to be a Temporary Sponsor.

Except in rare circumstances, we suggest that you choose someone of the same sex as yourself: Women with Women and Men with Men.

If you would like to be contacted by an AA member of our Group, please click on one of the following, and your email client will bring up a blank email that you can send:

We will then review your request, and try to have someone contact you.

If you decide that you are not comfortable with the person who contacts you, please feel free to try again, and let us know at lunchwithbill@outlook.com

From the AA Pamplet “Questions & Answers on Sponsorship”

What is sponsorship? Alcoholics Anonymous began with sponsorship. When Bill W., only a few months sober, was stricken with a powerful urge to drink, this thought came to him: “You need another alcoholic to talk to. You need another alcoholic just as much as he needs you!”

He found Dr. Bob, who had been trying desperately and unsuccessfully to stop drinking, and out of their common need A.A. was born. The word “sponsor” was not used then; the Twelve Steps had not been written; but Bill carried the message to Dr. Bob, who in turn safeguarded his own sobriety by sponsoring countless other alcoholics. Through sharing, both of our co-founders discovered, their own sober lives could be enriched beyond measure.

What does A.A. mean by sponsorship? To join some organizations, you must have a sponsor — a person who vouches for you, presents you as being suitable for membership. This is definitely not the case with A.A. Anyone who has a desire to stop drinking is welcome to join us!

In A.A., sponsor and sponsored meet as equals, just as Bill and Dr. Bob did. Essentially, the process of sponsorship is this: An alcoholic who has made some progress in the recovery program shares that experience on a continuous, individual basis with another alcoholic who is attempting to attain or maintain sobriety through A.A.

When we first begin to attend A.A. meetings, we may feel confused and sick and apprehensive. Although people at meetings respond to our questions willingly, that alone isn’t enough. Many other questions occur to us between meetings; we find that we need constant, close support as we begin learning how to “live sober.”

So we select an A.A. member with whom we can feel comfortable, someone with whom we can talk freely and confidentially, and we ask that person to be our sponsor.

You can view the full pamphlet here: https://www.aa.org/assets/en_US/p-15_Q&AonSpon.pdf