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Leaving External Guidance Behind: The Temporary Nature of Sponsorship

Leaving External Guidance Behind: The Temporary Nature of Sponsorship

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In this episode, we explore why sponsorship is essential early in sobriety but cannot remain a permanent authority. Through a symbolic dream teaching and references to AA, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Buddha, we look at the shift from borrowed recovery to inner recovery.


Topics include:

• The moment external support must give way to inner guidance.

• The difference between borrowed recovery and inner recovery.

• How fear creates dependence on personalities.

• Why AA teaches reliance on a Power found “deep down within”.

• How to recognize when it’s time to trust your own inner compass.


This episode invites you to return to the guidance of the innermost self — the true source of sober direction.



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