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Carry This Message
As
an internationally respected teacher and lecturer
on the Twelve Step method introduced by Alcoholics
Anonymous. Joe McQ knows that sponsorship
is a key construct for the success of the
program
because it involves moving a person through
the Twelve Step process to recovery. In the
early days of AA. sponsors would come to the
alcoholic’s home and talk him through Steps
I and 2, and when they were thoroughly convinced
he was ready they would start him on the program.
However, with the advent of treatment centers
over the last twenty-five to thirty years,
Steps I and 2—the Steps which place the alcoholic
in a “box” and force him or her to begin the
program—have been supervised by those other
than AA sponsors.
Step 12 is
the foundation of sponsorships: “Having had
a spiritual awakening as the result of these
steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics,
to practice these principles in all our affairs.”
Carry This Message
addresses
McQ’s concern that sponsors have lost some skills
in working with alcoholics. AA sponsors need
to refocus on the Big Book, on the Twelve Steps,
and on their message, urges McQ, to recognize
the value of the program and to return to its
roots and essence.
Directed to
sponsors.
Carry
This
Message
is a companion book to
The Steps We Took.
offering tools for helping others find recovery
and new life through the Twelve Step program.
2002
marks JOE McQ’s 40th year in the
treatment field. He has treated more than 25.000
alcoholics, and in making appearances around
the world, he has talked to an estimated one
half million alcoholics. He is the author of Recovery Dynamics
materials, used by 350-400 treatment centers,
and
The Steps We Took. McQ is the Executive Director of Serenity Park,
a treatment center in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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