A sponsor is a safe person

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A sponsor is a safe person whom we can learn to trust.

"The therapeutic value of one addict helping another is without parallel. We feel that our way is practical, for one addict can best understand and help another addict."

Most of us have a lot of fear, many questions, and more than a few secrets when we come into recovery. In order to get better, we need to share our fears and our secrets with someone else and find the answers to our questions. Our sponsor is the person in the NA Fellowship who feels the safest and is best suited to help us do that. Sponsorship creates a safe environment in which we can expose a little bit of who we are. Addiction is a disease of isolation and loneliness. Having one person whom we can trust and with whom we can share our feelings and fears helps reduce our loneliness and isolation. A sponsor provides a safe place for us to be honest about ourselves and to discover the rewards of being open with another person. As we say, "We are Never Alone anymore."