The purpose of a sponsor in 12 steps room is to take you through the steps. Nothing more, nothing less. Nothing mandates them to be your friend or for you to even like them. In the early days of AA, sponsors would work their sponsees through all 12 steps in a matter of hours or days usually while the sponsee was still in the hospital detoxing. It was found over time that a slightly slower (but not too slow) more thorough approach had better success.
I have been truly lucky. My sponsor took me through the steps AND is a friend. Someone I can laugh and joke around with, who shows me how to have fun in sobriety (which I will add is way more fun than I ever had using drugs...and I definitely did have some fun back in the get high days) but who also keeps me directed and focused on my program.
Today I am super grateful for my sponsor and the dudes who came before him in AA. I am grateful that I don't have to get high anymore to get through the day or feel better. This program does work.
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