- Your sponsor isn’t all that interested in the “reasons” you drank.
- Your therapist thinks your root problem is your lack of self-esteem, negative self-image, and your poor self-concept. Your sponsor thinks your problem is a 3-letter word with no hyphens: YOU.
- Your therapist wants you to pamper your “inner child”. Your sponsor thinks it ought to be spanked.
- Your sponsor thinks your inventory should be about you, not your parents.
- Speaking of your parents, your sponsor tells you not to confront them, but to make amends to them.
- The only time your sponsor uses the word “closure” is before the word “mouth.”
- Your sponsor thinks “boundaries” are things you need to take down, not build up.
- Your therapist wants you to love yourself first; your sponsor wants you to love others first.
- Your therapist prescribes caretaking and medication. Your sponsor prescribes prayer-making and meditation.
- Your sponsor thinks “anger management skills” are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.
- Now that you haven’t had a drink in 6 months, your therapist thinks you should make a list of your goals and objectives for the next 5 years, starting with finishing up that college degree. Your sponsor thinks you should start today by cleaning the coffee pots, helping him carry a heavy box of literature to the jail, and making your bed.
- Your sponsor won’t lose his/her license to practice if he/she talks about God.
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