Well, as far as sponsor's go, I think so? But its the only way I've ever done it. I know at treatment centers and stuff like that, they have councelors. Those councelors might be kinda like sponsors, but I think you only talk to them when going in for treatment etc. I can call my sponsor at 3am if I think I'm gonna drink. And my sponsee can call me at 3am if she thinks she's gonna drink.

I know for me, by being a sponsor, I'm giving back what was so freely given to me. So it helps me stay sober. This is just the way I've chosen to do it for me, to gain happiness while being sober. I know that for me, if I had done it any other way, I would have made myself miserable. I needed a way to cope with life without picking up a drink, and my sponsor and all my sober friends help me do that. But there are many other ways of getting sober, I just don't know what they are lol. There are people here who've gotten sober without AA. For me, AA literally saved my life. But its different for everybody.