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>>>>>>>>I will get someone from the group I go to. Hopefully today.
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>>>>>>>By the way, does a sponsor have to be recovering from the same addiction? For example, if I am an addict to gambling (just as an example, I am not) can I be a sponsor for an alcoholic?
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>>>>>>Yes, you can! Start with gambling, it is more promising in sponsoring terms, and if it goes Ok, then switch to another area.
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>>>>>I am not sure if you are joking or serious though.
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>>>>Sorry, I didn't know that you take it seriously.
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>>>That's ok. I am neither an alcoholic no a gambler. But for a long time I have been interested in addictive disorders, especially alcoholism. I have read a few books, memoirs of people who were drug addicts and alcoholics. And some fictional books too. So I have pretty good knowledge (if it can be termed that way) of how they feel. And I have come to my own conclusions of the causes and cures and so on. So, you didn't offend me at all.
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>>I didn't even intend.
>>By our common background, one may assume that we should have good knowledge of alcoholism (not first-hand obviously :) from books, memoirs, movies and any kind of folklore. How is that novel idea about sponsorship looks to you? Frankly, I am better believer in "Operation 'YI'" solution.
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>No, I was not looking to be a sponsor, if that was your question. What is "Operation 'YI'?

I don't have Russian keyboard here. Did you see my reply to Naomi?