We Tried to Carry this Message A Spiritual Guide to 12-Step Sponsorship

We Tried to Carry This Message is a practical, experience-based guide to the art and responsibility of 12-Step sponsorship. Written by recovering alcoholics and drug addicts who have spent decades sponsoring others and being sponsored themselves, this book explores what it truly means to carry the message of recovery from one person to another. Through engaging sponsor-sponsee conversations, personal stories, insights from the Big Book, and step-by-step discussions of common sponsorship challenges, the authors offer a clear and compassionate roadmap for helping others find lasting sobriety. Topics include building effective sponsor relationships, working the Twelve Steps, navigating difficult situations, avoiding common pitfalls, and growing spiritually while helping others. Whether you're a newcomer seeking guidance, a first-time sponsor wondering where to begin, or a seasoned sponsor looking to deepen your understanding, We Tried to Carry this Message provides practical tools, timeless wisdom, and real-world experience. More than a handbook, it's an invitation to participate in one of recovery's greatest gifts: helping another alcoholic find hope, healing, and a new way of life. Rooted in humility, service, and the transformative power of one alcoholic helping another, this book reminds us that while none of us carries the message perfectly, our sincere efforts can change-and even save-lives.