Article Hero Image
March 2009

A Kid like me

A troubled teen and a 40-something sponsor have more in common than they think

My first sponsee was a young man barely 17 years old. He attended the daily after-work meeting of my home group. He seemed a nice enough kid. But from his overall appearance and attitude, in addition to the fact that he was already in AA at such a tender age, it was evident that he had a pretty troubled past.

WANT TO CONTINUE READING?

You must have an active online AA Grapevine subscription to access full stories and audio.

Login Renew Subscribe

Need help with customer service?

Call 800 631-6025 (English), 800 640-8781 (Spanish), 212-870-3456 (French) or email: [email protected]
or [email protected]

Have Something You Want To Share?

We want to hear your story! Submit your story and it could be published in a future issue of AA Grapevine!

Submit your Story