How do you end a relationship with a sponsor?
How do you end a relationship with a sponsor?
Here are a few tips:
- No texts, social media messages, or grapevine announcements.
- No need to get too specific if you don’t want to.
- If asked why, be honest about why you are ending the relationship without being hurtful.
- If your sponsor becomes confrontational or belittling, do not take the bait.
When should you fire a sponsor?
* The sponsor is too bossy or too interfering. * The sponsee feels unable to develop trust in the relationship. * If people are moving to a new location it may be more practical for them to get a new sponsor. * Their current sponsor is ill or has too many things going on in their life.
What do I want in a sponsor?
With that being said, there are a few good personality traits or characteristics one may want to look for when trying to find a sponsor.
- 1 – Patience And Tolerance.
- 2 – Long Term Sobriety.
- 3 – Their Words Match Their Actions.
- 4 – They Do The Right Thing And Expect Nothing In Return.
When should I get a new AA sponsor?
Reasons for Changing Sponsor This is particularly important for a newly sober individual who feels they need plenty of support. * The situation of the sponsor may change so that they are no longer able to keep this commitment. For example, they could become ill or have increased work or family commitments.
Can I date my sponsor?
Sponsors are meant to give the individual they are sponsoring the kind of advice, help, and support that shouldn’t be compromised by a romantic or sexual relationship. Once it is complicated in this way, the relationship between individual and sponsor is no longer the same and becomes unsafe for both parties.
How long do you have to be sober to be a sponsor?
Take into account the amount of time a potential sponsor been sober. A general rule of thumb is that someone who volunteers to sponsor others should have at least one year of sobriety.
How do I get a new AA sponsor?
Go to “newcomer meetings”, book studies, step studies, morning meetings, noon meetings, and night meetings. A sponsor should be someone who takes their recovery seriously, and one of the lowest thresholds to find that in someone, is to meet them at a meeting.
What is the opposite of a sponsor?
What is the opposite of sponsor?
| disapprove | discourage |
|---|---|
| disavow | renounce |
| renege | withhold |
| keep | forsake |
| disallow | attack |