QOD 3/3/15

[John Miller]

I've heard about sponsorship "families" and it's pretty common in my part of the country but I've heard it's not common in other places? Does the idea attract you or not? Is "lineage" important to you?

[bobandblynn .]

There is power in connections. The fact that I am part of a sponsorship "family" reminds me that I am part of something greater than myself. For me it loses it's attraction when a personality or personalities define the group. There are some sponsorship lines that trace back to founding members of the fellowship and I have heard members act as if their recovery was somehow better or more special because they were a part of that family. This seems to fly in the face of the principle of anonymity. 

Anyway, the idea attracts me as long as we don't take it to an extreme. 

{{{{HUGS}}}} Bob

On Tuesday, March 3, 2015, John Miller <jonn...@comcast.net> wrote:

I've heard about sponsorship "families" and it's pretty common in my part of the country but I've heard it's not common in other places? Does the idea attract you or not? Is "lineage" important to you?

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[Pittman, Jonathan W]

Lineage is not all that important to me although it is important that my sponsor has an NA sponsor, who has an NA sponsor, who has an NA sponsor…I am in what I consider a very good sponsorship family and I can draw on the experience of that family but I was taught that the broader the base the higher the point of freedom, so I have a varied and wide ranging support group in the program and do not rely solely on my sponsorship family. 

And, while sponsorship family is important, I don’t think it trumps the therapeutic value of one addict helping another.

 

Love,

Jon P.

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[bobandblynn .]

John nails it again. 

On Tuesday, March 3, 2015, John Miller <jonn...@comcast.net> wrote:

I've heard about sponsorship "families" and it's pretty common in my part of the country but I've heard it's not common in other places? Does the idea attract you or not? Is "lineage" important to you?

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