The word "SPONSOR" appears 13 times in the AA book "12 and 12"

The word "SPONSOR" appears 13 times in the AA book "12 Steps and 12 Traditions"

1.

   ... sponsor already has the advantage of knowing ...   12&12 Step Five, p.61  

Besides, your sponsor already has the advantage of knowing something about your case.

2.

   ... sponsor, but not necessarily so.   12&12 Step Five, p.61  

This person may turn out to be one's sponsor, but not necessarily so.

3.

   ... sponsor continues, "Take, for example, my own ...   12&12 Step Two, p.26  

The sponsor continues, "Take, for example, my own case.

4.

   ... sponsor's ear alone.   12&12 Tradition Twelve, p.185  

Enthusiastic over the spectacular recovery of a brother alcoholic, we'd sometimes discuss those intimate and harrowing aspects of his case meant for his sponsor's ear alone.

5.

   ... sponsor, "is a very good question indeed.   12&12 Step Two, p.26  

"That," agrees the sponsor, "is a very good question indeed.

6.

   ... sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's ...   12&12 Step Nine, p.86  

Do we lay the matter before our sponsor or spiritual adviser, earnestly asking God's help and guidance -- meanwhile resolving to do the right thing when it becomes clear, cost what it may?

7.

   ... sponsor or spiritual adviser, we make a ...   12&12 Step Ten, p.89  

Then there are those occasions when alone, or in the company of our sponsor or spiritual adviser, we make a careful review of our progress since the last time.

8.

   ... sponsor points out that our friend's life ...   12&12 Step Three, p.39  

Of course the sponsor points out that our friend's life is still unmanageable even though he is sober, that after all, only a bare start on A.A.'s program has been made.

9.

   ... sponsor probably points out that the newcomer ...   12&12 Step Four, p.46  

The sponsor probably points out that the newcomer has some assets which can be noted along with his liabilities.

10.

   ... sponsor probably says, "Take it easy.   12&12 Step Two, p.26  

His sponsor probably says, "Take it easy.

11.

   ... sponsor promptly proves by talking freely and ...   12&12 Step Four, p.46  

This the sponsor promptly proves by talking freely and easily, and without exhibitionism, about his own defects, past and present.

12.

   ... sponsor sold me one idea, and that ...   12&12 Tradition Five, p.154  

Years later, this tough Irish customer liked to say, "My sponsor sold me one idea, and that was sobriety.

13.

   ... sponsor usually laughs.   12&12 Step Two, p.26  

At this juncture, his A.A. sponsor usually laughs. 

While the word "SPONSORS" appears 6 times in the AA big "12 Steps and 12 Traditions" 

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1.

   ... sponsors?   12&12 Step Twelve, p.112  

Can we have the same kind of confidence and faith in these people who have been infected and sometimes crippled by our own illness that we have in our sponsors?

2.

   ... sponsors come to the rescue.   12&12 Step Four, p.46  

At this stage of the inventory proceedings, our sponsors come to the rescue.

3.

   ... sponsors declared that we were the victims ...   12&12 Step One, p.22  

Our sponsors declared that we were the victims of a mental obsession so subtly powerful that no amount of human willpower could break it.

4.

   ... sponsors of those who feel they need ...   12&12 Step Four, p.46  

The sponsors of those who feel they need no inventory are confronted with quite another problem.

5.

   ... sponsors or spiritual advisers that we first ...   12&12 Step Five, p.58  

Often it was while working on this Step with our sponsors or spiritual advisers that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had wronged us.

6.

   ... sponsors pointed out our increasing sensitivity to ...   12&12 Step One, p.22  

Relentlessly deepening our dilemma, our sponsors pointed out our increasing sensitivity to alcohol -- an allergy, they called it. 

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