By the Book

In order to help others, I decided the best I could do as a sponsor was to take the new person through the Steps. It's really the only thing I can offer. Anything else is just advice, and I am no adviser. I learned that in AA. I've found out that, for me, I need to do what the Big Book suggests, and the way I understand Step Twelve, the only message I have to carry is the message it says I have to carry--the message of a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps.