Sailing Toward Recovery

FellowSHIP, StewardSHIP & SponsorSHIP

I put my hand in yours and together we can do what we could never do alone. No longer is there a sense of hopelessness. No longer must we each depend upon

our own unsteady willpower. We are all together now, reaching out our hands for

power and strength greater than ours. And as we join hands, we find love and

understanding beyond our wildest dreams.

Fellowship Stewardship Sponsorship

Recovery

Unity

Service

Recovery

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We are like the passengers of a great liner the moment after rescue from shipwreck…

Let’s look at some readings

Recovery Game Show!Contestants: You will have access to a team of RESEARCHERS…and can use a

lifeline on every question if you choose

We Need 2 Volunteers!

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Game Over???

Contestants: Thank you for your participation!

Thanks for coming to our Recovery Game Show!

Look Around You. THIS is Fellowship!

Recovery

Describe how you view the Fellowship within the context of your program of recovery.

Recovery

Stewardship- the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care

“Always to extend the hand and heart of OA to all who share my compulsion; for this I am responsible.”– OA Responsibility Pledge

Recovery

Journal on how you view your responsibility to help OA stay self-supporting—with respect to service, financial, carrying the message, etc.

Recovery

Definitions circa 1900-

Sponsor- One who would vouch for you

Patron- One who financially supports artists in their creative endeavors

Definition of PATRON1a : a person chosen, named, or honored as a special guardian, protector, or supporter

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

Leonard Da Vinci

This program is not meant to be worked alone, and many OAs attribute their progress to the fact that someone took a special interest in them. A Guide for Sponsors, pg 2

Definition of PATRON

Definition of PATRON Sponsor

a person chosen, named, or honored as a special guardian, protector, or supporter

Write a CLASSIFIED AD! Begin with a little bit about yourself, followed by what you are looking for

in a Sponsor/Sponsee.

Role-Play:Angels on my Shoulders

RecoveryJournal on just one great ah-ha experience (moment, etc.) with regard to sponsoring -- from the point of view of a sponsor or a sponsee – that changed the quality of your program of recovery.

Recovery

Journal on how you view your responsibility to help OA stay self-supporting—with respect to service, financial, carrying the message, etc.

Describe how you view the Fellowship within the context of your program of recovery.

FellowSHIP

Journal on just one great ah-ha experience (moment, etc.) with regard to sponsoring -- from the point of view of a sponsor or a sponsee – that changed the quality of your program of recovery.

“Always to extend the hand and heart of OA to all who

share my compulsion; for this I am responsible.”

– OA Responsibility Pledge