Sponsorship

If you’d like to obtain a copy of the sponsor list, please contact us at outreach@oaontario.org.

If you would like to become a sponsor and carry the message to your fellows throughout our Central Ontario Intergroup, fill out the form below.

Get on the Sponsorship List

Name

First Name

Last Name

Phone

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Do you work with a sponsor?

Abstinence Date

Recovery Information

How long have you been in the program?

I would like to be a:

Temporary sponsor (a newcomer's first 12 days)

Full Time Sponsor

Either

I am willing to sponsor:

In person

Remotely

Either

Preferred form of contact:

Phone. Email. WhatsApp. Facebook. Zoom. Skype. Texting. Whatever your method of contact and conversation is, please let us know so we can contact you correctly, as well as match you with sponsee's that can use your methods.

Optional: Briefly share your methods of sponsoring.

Which literature do you use to sponsor? Are you a temporary sponsor, newcomer sponsor, long-timer sponsor, food sponsor, spiritual sponsor? Do you sponsor any special topics, ie. 100 pounder, anorexic, bulemic, compulsive exercising, people of color, LGBTQ+, etc.? Any reason you would not sponsor someone?

A Guide for Sponsorship

If you would like the pamphlet called "A Guide for Sponsorship", please add your mailing address here and we will send you a copy.

A Guide for Temporary Sponsors working with Newcomers in their First Twelve Days:

What is the purpose of the First Twelve Days in OA?
• To help newcomers, returning OA members, and other members learn about the OA Twelve Step recovery program by using this personal, short-term introduction to Overeaters Anonymous.
• To help sponsees learn how the OA recovery program might help them to stop hurting themselves with food.
• To help members who may be ready to sponsor but are reluctant to do so. This is an opportunity for a member to help a newcomer in a very structured way and to experience what it might be like to be a regular sponsor.

For the full instructions including the suggested reading material and discussion topics, click here to download the information package in PDF format. Below you will see a brief mention of the topics those first twelve days will include.

Day 1 Fifteen Questions
Day 2 Requirements
Day 3 Symptoms
Day 4 Abstinence
Day 5 Meetings
Day 6 OA Fellowship
Day 7 Action Plan and Other Tools
Day 8 Draft a Food Plan
Day 9 Anonymity
Day 10 Are You Convinced?
Day 11 Higher Power
Day 12 What’s Next?

Together we get better!

NEWCOMER: Are you looking for a sponsor?

We suggest attending a few meetings; look for someone who has what you want and ask that person how they are achieving it.