Sponsorship is one of the core practices in Alcoholics Anonymous. A sponsor is a member who has worked the Twelve Steps and guides another member through the process. It is how the message of recovery gets carried — one alcoholic to another. These AA speaker tapes explore the sponsor-sponsee relationship, service work, and the principle that you have to give it away to keep it.

What You'll Hear in These AA Speaker Talks

• How speakers found their first sponsor and what that relationship looked like
• Sponsors describing the experience of taking someone through the Twelve Steps
• Twelfth-step calls: showing up for the still-suffering alcoholic
• Service work in AA: chairing meetings, making coffee, and the traditions behind it
• The difference between sponsorship and friendship in the program
• Why "you have to give it away to keep it" is more than a slogan

Sponsorship is ultimately about guiding someone through the step work that produces real change. Many sponsors describe how working with newcomers deepened their own spiritual awakening and kept them connected to the program.