CR Lesson 7 - Sponsor
Part of Celebrate Recovery
May 28, 2020

SPONSOR
Accountability Partners and Sponsors

Principle 4:
Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
“Happy are the pure in heart.”
Matthew 5:8a (TEV)

**Step 4:

We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the Lord.
Lamentations 3:40 (NIV)

Why do I

a Sponsor and/or an Accountability Partner?
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17 NIV)
Having a Sponsor and/or Accountability Partner is _ .
Having a Sponsor and/or Accountability Partner is a of your recovery program.

What are the

of a Sponsor?
Though good advice lies deep within a counselor’s heart, the wise man will draw it out.
(Proverbs 20:5 LB)

What is the

of a Sponsor?
How do I _ a Sponsor and/or Accountability Partner?
What is the difference between a Sponsor and an _ Partner?

LEADER’S FOCUS QUESTION

What is keeping you from finding a SPONSOR or an Accountability Partner?
Why is it important for you to have a support team?

SPONSOR
Coaches you through the Principles/Steps, Participant’s Guide
Gives assignments
Gives suggestions
Makes recommendations
Helps bring clarity to the Steps
Requires meeting attendance
Requires check-in calls
Has at least one year continuous sobriety and has worked
through the Steps
Same area of recovery and same gender
Shares experiences and victories
Confronts denial or laziness

ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER
Attend Step Study Meetings together
Attend Large Group Meetings together
Go to fellowship events together
Relate to the same area of struggle
Call each other daily
Encourage each others’ program
Help motivate each other
May or may not be at the same place (Steps, sobriety time)
in their recoveries
Includes at least three people
Pray for each other