>>>>My sponsor died.
>>>>
>>>>Mike, I'll be your sponsor.
>>>
>>>Isn't it a requirement (I really don't know but thought so) that a sponsor has to be a former addict too?
>>
>>Yes.
>>
>>I will get someone from the group I go to. Hopefully today.
>
>Good question Dmitry asked - can an addict to something else be a sponsor? But I guess the addict should have overcome his/her addiction already.

Right. And a sponsor should have been sober for while.