Recovery with a Sponsor
Residents in drug rehab begin to work the recovery process and the 12-steps at Cirque Lodge. As they begin to make progress, they are allowed to attend outside 12-step meetings, while still living within the safety of the Cirque Facility. A part of attending these meetings is working with a sponsor. A temporary sponsor is assigned while the client is in drug rehab. After rehab is completed, and the resident returns to their own community, a local 12-step fellowship will provide a sponsor.
A sponsor provides a personal one-on-one support group for the individual in recovery. Sponsors are individuals who have found their own successful recovery. They have dedicated a portion of their lives to helping other achieve the same (The 12th step). Working with a sponsor can help to ease the burdens of social situations and in dealing with the possibility with relapse. They are a positive example of sober living and can be a needed crutch along the way.
Sponsors are also a means to continuing the 12-step program. After an individual leaves rehab, it is up to that person to continue the recovery process. However, involvement with 12-step meetings and a sponsor can provide a foundation for continuing on. A sponsor can help with the difficult steps of recovery and maintaining a connection to a higher power. This is not an easy process. Help along the way can make all the difference in successful long term goals of sobriety. A caring sponsor can be a means to helping the alcoholic/addict achieve this. In time, the recovering individual can in turn sponsor others to this same long term goal.