Sponsorship Pamphlet – Draft Outline v6 For Review By GSB/Literature Committee

At the request of the GSB, the literature subcommittee of the NY Intergroup has created a draft outline of a pamphlet on Sponsorship; the subcommittee is now working on writing the pamphlet based on this outline. If you would like to help with this, please contact Alexis Q.

UA Sponsorship Pamphlet
DRAFT outline v.6
Committee: Aviva R., Charles W., Conni M. & Jean M.
3/10/2015

Title: Sponsorship in UA — Living in Abundance

1. Introduction
   1. What this pamphlet is about (a guide)
   2. To the newcomer
   3. To sponsors and sponsees coming in from other programs
   4. Why ‘We can’t do it alone’ (principle)
2. The Sponsor/Sponsee Relationship
   1. Coming to decide you need a sponsor or a sponsee; the act of surrender to the UA program, a HP (not to another person) and the safety of a sane structure for that surrender
   2. The Benefits of Sponsorship, for sponsors, sponsees: Validation: What is a Sponsor: Learning structure, Emotional sobriety and Relational sanity
      1. Why do we need sponsors? What is spiritual about the sponsor/sponsee relationship?
      2. What makes the UA sponsorship relationship unique?
      3. How does UA sponsorship differ from therapy, friendship or professional guidance?
      4. How do definitions of abundance or deprivation determine what to look for in a sponsor?
      5. What happens if those definitions change over time?
   3. How to select a Sponsor: Sample Questions to ask:
      1. Do they have what I want? (an abundant life, recovery)
      2. Are we compatible?
      3. How to learn their style of sponsorship?
      4. Defining what is safe?
      5. Do we have similar definitions of abundance or deprivation in our values and goals?
      6. How to learn more about why a sponsor will emphasize certain issues?
3. Working through the Steps
   1. Why do we work the Steps?
   2. UA is a 12 Step program, a spiritual path that leads to abundance. (How do qualities like clarity and visibility emerge from working the Steps?)
   3. How does that differ from jobs training or networking to get business? (Separating our disease (insanity) and deprivation from sanity and abundance)
   4. If we’ve worked the steps in other programs, why would we need to do that again in UA?
   5. Are there deadlines to work thru the steps in UA?
   6. Trajectory of the Steps; How do the Steps build on each other?
4. Smart Sponsorship
   1. Getting Started
   2. Mutual Accountability
   3. Dealing With Change
   4. When to End
5. Sponsorship Options
   1. One on One Sponsorship
   2. Step Study Groups
   3. Temporary Sponsors
   4. Long-Distance Sponsorship
   5. Co-sponsoring and Multiple Sponsorship
   6. Service Sponsorship
6. Conclusion
   1. How does healthy validation and entitlement manifest
   2. Sponsorship as a template to negotiate needs
7. Appendix
   1. Twelve Steps of UA
   2. Twelve Traditions of UA
   3. Twelve Promises of UA
   4. Twelve Concepts of UA
   5. Twelve Symptoms of UA
   6. Twelve Tools of UA