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NEW: Temporary Sponsors: Newcomers' First Twelve Days in OA
NEW: Temporary Sponsors: Newcomers' First Twelve Days in OA
What is Sponsorship?
Sponsors are OA members who are living the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions to the best of their ability. They are willing to share their recovery with other members of the Fellowship and are committed to abstinence.
Find a sponsor who has what you want and ask that person how he or she is achieving it. A member may work with more than one sponsor and may change sponsors. However, many of us choose to work with just one sponsor. In either case, it’s helpful to avoid changing sponsors frequently. More information is available on the OA website.
How do I find a sponsor/sponsee?
Ideally, we can find sponsors or sponsees in our face-to-face meetings. However, often times it is difficult or impossible to find a sponsor locally. To help members who are isolated, or in an area that has few members, Region One offers our virtual sponsorship program.
Resources for Sponsors and Sponsees
Sponsors are OA members who are living the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions to the best of their ability. They are willing to share their recovery with other members of the Fellowship and are committed to abstinence.
Find a sponsor who has what you want and ask that person how he or she is achieving it. A member may work with more than one sponsor and may change sponsors. However, many of us choose to work with just one sponsor. In either case, it’s helpful to avoid changing sponsors frequently. More information is available on the OA website.
How do I find a sponsor/sponsee?
Ideally, we can find sponsors or sponsees in our face-to-face meetings. However, often times it is difficult or impossible to find a sponsor locally. To help members who are isolated, or in an area that has few members, Region One offers our virtual sponsorship program.
Resources for Sponsors and Sponsees
- A Guide for Sponsors: Why, When, and How to Be an OA Sponsor (pamphlet)
- Balance in the Sponsoring Relationship - To understand more about what sponsorship is and is NOT, please read this letter from the Board of Trustees
- Carrying the Message Through Sponsorship
- Sponsorship Success - Podcast Series
- Sponsorship Kit (collection of pamphlets/resources)
- Sponsoring Through the Twelve Steps (pamphlet)
- Sponsor's Toolbox