We Stick to What Works

I had the chance to work with a man who had been attending a nearby Big Book Step Study meeting that I frequented from time to time. I met with him after the meeting and he agreed to my conditions to sponsor him, specifically that I was in his life to bring him through the Steps. He would develop his own relationship with God, while acknowledging  that I was not an expert or mentor in any other way and would share my experience in the AA program with him. If we gained a friendship as a result, I told him, that would be great, but friendship was not the main reason for my sponsorship. He agreed to my terms, and we started to go carefully through the Big Book.