Workshop: Tim M - How To Sponsor Someone Through Steps 1-7 (Part 1 of 3) 6 hrs
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🗓️ 8 July 2022
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| 0:27.6 | So my name is Tim, I'm an alcoholic, I haven't prepared this in the sort of traditional |
| 0:32.1 | sense of doing an outline or something, I just thought I'd wing it and so hopefully |
| 0:36.5 | that will work. |
| 0:37.5 | So it's not necessarily going to be very linear. |
| 0:41.8 | Before we get on to step one though, you've got to make sure they're ready for step one. |
| 0:47.8 | It's no good launching into step one unless you've got someone that knows what they're |
| 0:52.4 | in for. |
| 0:53.8 | And the thing is with saying well how do you get someone to step one, well it's almost |
| 1:01.6 | like the question how long is the piece of string, well it depends how long the piece |
| 1:04.7 | of string is, it depends on so many different factors, there are so many different types |
| 1:10.2 | of people who've got so many different types of experience. |
| 1:15.1 | So I'm going to outline a few different types of person, it won't be exhausted but it'll |
| 1:20.2 | cover some of the main bases. |
| 1:22.3 | So the first one is someone who is completely new to recovery, completely new to AA as Margaret |
| 1:30.1 | Atwood said, doesn't know that, doesn't know there are from a hole in the ground as far |
| 1:35.1 | as AA is concerned as far as alcoholism is concerned and if this is the easiest person |
| 1:41.6 | in fact to get to step one because you don't have to clear lots of wreckage out the way. |
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