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Группа авторов. One on One
AA PREAMBLE
Contents
Welcome
CHAPTER ONE. I Would Not Stand a Chance Alone. AA members talk about how they define sponsorship
Have You a Sponsor?
A Means to a Beginning (Excerpt)
Shopping For a Sponsor
The Silent Sponsor (Excerpt)
A Canadian Sponsor's Program (Excerpt)
A Sponsor Is … (Excerpt)
Sponsorship (Excerpt)
Closed Meeting
My Sponsor, My Friend
More Questions Than Answers
CHAPTER TWO. Discipline Saved My Life. How following a sponsor’s directions led to recovery and growth
Disciplinary Measures
What Sober Women Wear to Bed
Beyond “I'm Sorry”
Why It Works
My Good Sponsor
How My Sponsor Got Better
Raving Sober (From Dear Grapevine)
CHAPTER THREE. There Are No Bosses. Finding our own ways to sponsor and be sponsored
Sponsorship Is a Two-Way Street
Live and Let Live (Excerpt)
What a Sponsor Is and Is Not
God's Rolling Stone (From Dear Grapevine)
Off the Beaten Path (Excerpt)
No Absolutes in AA (From Dear Grapevine)
Tough Sponsor (From Dear Grapevine)
Finding the Right Fit
The Spirit of Sponsorship (From Dear Grapevine)
CHAPTER FOUR. All You Have To Do Is Ask. Getting past the initial fear of seeking out a sponsor, or becoming a sponsor
Will You Fire Me?
Any Lengths—Even Brooklyn
Need a Sponsor? Who, Me?
A Bigger God
Fledgling Sponsor (From Dear Grapevine)
Cross Talk Wisdom (From Dear Grapevine)
A Helping Hand
CHAPTER FIVE. Going To Any Lengths. Saying yes to sponsoring a troubled or mentally challenged newcomer
A Sponsor's Sadness
Kindred Spirits
This Sponsor Makes House Calls
Mentally Ill
CHAPTER SIX. No Guarantees. The heartache of losing a beloved sponsor or sponsee
Beyond My Reach
When My Sponsor Drank
Every Second Counts
Sponsee Gets Tough (From Dear Grapevine)
One Last Wish
Little Hobo
Not All Make It Back (From Dear Grapevine)
Unbending Sponsorship (Excerpt)
CHAPTER SEVEN. Sanctuary. Recovery, with the help of sponsors both inside and outside the prison walls
Someone to Help
A Smile to Offer
From the Inside Out (Excerpt)
My Sponsor Took It Easy
An Inmate Member Gives Some Valuable Do's and Don'ts (Excerpt)
Six Days and Counting
CHAPTER EIGHT. Nothing in Common? Old/young, gay/straight—unlikely pairs bond as sponsor and sponsee
El Garage
Finding the Very Best Sponsor in AA
Not My Choice
Good Friends
That's My Sponsor!
CHAPTER NINE. Start Each Day With a Miracle. These desperate alcoholics never thought AA would work for them. But working with their sponsors, they broke through and started to recover
No Quick Fix
Joanie's God (Excerpt)
Get a Cat
A Matter of Choice
You've Got to Give to Get (Excerpt)
CHAPTER TEN. Group Hug. When sponsorship becomes a team effort
Three-Way Calling (From Dear Grapevine)
Sponsor-Temping (From Dear Grapevine)
One Group's Impact (From Dear Grapevine)
The Sponsorship Tree (From Time For One More)
Strawberry Pie Ambush
Three Years and Going (From Dear Grapevine)
Sponsors Pro Tem
THE TWELVE STEPS
THE TWELVE TRADITIONS
Alcoholics Anonymous
AA Grapevine
