You are going to become a Sponsor! Helping others (newcomers) is the foundation stone of your recovery. A kindly act once in awhile isn't enough (AA p. 97). To show other alcoholics (addicts) precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book. For them (newcomers), we hope these pages will prove so convincing that no further authentication will be necessary (AA p. xiii. Outline the program of action (recovery recipe), explaining how you made a self-appraisal, how you straightened out your past and why you are now endeavouring to be helpful to them (newcomers). It is important for them (newcomers) to realize that your attempt to pass this onto them plays a vital part in your recovery. Actually, they maybe helping you more than you are helping them. Make it plain they are under no obligation to you, that you hope only that they will try to help other alcoholics (addicts) when they escape their own difficulties. Suggest how important it is that they place the welfare of other people ahead of their own. (AA p. 94) We hope no one will consider these self-revealing accounts in bad taste. Our hope is that many alcoholic (addict) men and women, desperately in need, will see these pages, and we believe that it is only by fully disclosing ourselves and our problems that they will be persuaded to say, "Yes, I am one of them too I must have this thing" (A recipe for permanent recovery.) (AA p. 29) Big Book Sponsorship Guide | https://bigbooksponsorship.org | (version 2022-02-28) 3
