The Official Original Edition from the Author of Hazelden’s Day By Day
Classic & Contemporary Clean and Sober messages from the heart of the 12-Step Fellowship.
744 back-to-the-basics meditations followed by sobriety affirmations, created by Shelly Marshall (56 years continuous sobriety).
Why the Pocket SponsorŪ is the Gold Standard in Recovery Support:
• Around-the-Clock Support: A unique recovery meditation and affirmation for every hour of the day, 31 days a month.
• Authentic Wisdom: Direct, "no-bull" messages from original Old-timers and 12-Step slogans that hit home during HALT moments.
• Portable Fellowship: Designed to be carried everywhere—to work, meetings, or on your nightstand.
• Proven Results: Used by treatment centers and sponsors worldwide for over two decades.
This is your first choice in addiction recovery support. The Pocket Sponsor doesn't just give you "advice"—it gives you the exact message you need, right when you need it. Many readers call these "God-incidences," where the book opens to the perfect reflection for their current struggle. It’s like having your sponsor in your pocket 24/7.
How to use this book: Read your reflection first thing in the morning, use it as a meeting starter, or turn to the current hour whenever you feel a trigger. The messages are laced with humor, deep wisdom, and the tough-love support that only a long-timer can provide.
Note to Customers: This is the Official Registered Trademark Edition from Day by Day Recovery Resources. When you buy this edition, you are supporting the original author and the integrity of the 12-Step message. Give this gift to those you sponsor, or carry a little bit of fellowship with you wherever you go.
Buy the original. Trust the experience. Stay sober one hour at a time.
This book is a compilation of the words of the Oldtimers in 12 Step programs. It is the sharing we hear around the tables and at meetings--it is the words of our sponsors and the stories we tell each other to stay clean and sober. Sometimes they make us laugh and sometimes cringe--so the 'author' is the people who make up the Fellowhip: sponsors, meeting greeters, sponsees, speakers, chairs, the ones opening the doors and washing the coffee cups, the ones crying and the ones handing them a tissue, the 12 Steppers, the ones answering the hot lines, those that volunteer to read at a meeting, in other words the author is you.