I've had a few young folks ask me to sponsor them lately, but they've all gone back out. I think it's hard for kids in their teens & early-20s to get clean & sober due to peer pressure. I went to my first AA meeting when I was 20 & it seemed the folks there were all old & didn't have much in common with me...Plus my friends all used & I got drawn (willingly) back to the bottle & the weed. This was 30 years ago.

Recently in our city there's been a group of young people (I call them "gangstas") who have formed friendships & have been able to form their own peer group...staying clean & sober. It does my heart good to see such young people serious about sobriety. When I was young (perhaps it was my background) rehab was virtually unheard of, too. If kids get into the program at a young enough age, their insanity lists don't have to be as extensive as those of us who drank or used for decades. I feel young people do a much better job of sponsoring each other than this "old man" can. I can only hope this is a trend that's starting elsewhere.