I need some Experience, Strength and hope with something.  I recently 
started sponsoring another young woman with a life very similar to mine
who is also dually diagnosed.  I had told her never to give out my 
phone no. to anyone -even her Higher Power - without asking me first.
Today she was talking to her mom when she heard my voice in the 
background - turns out her mom is my downstairs neighbor, who I am 
friendly with.  So she breaks my anonymity and tells her mom I am her 
AA sponsor, then gives her mom my PHONE no.  Now my husband had 
specifically told me that he did not want me to give her the number 
because her husband is chronic alcoholic and has drank so long that he 
may even have brain damage.  (It seems it - and I have worked in the 
field)  As a result the family has constant "crisises" that are really 
much ado about nothing.  He doesn't want to be involved and 
specifically told me not to give out the number to them.
Now what do I do?  I have left a message on her answering macine saying
I don't appreciate this, but I don't know how firm to be.  The young 
lady is not as stupid as she sometimes acts and as she thinks she is, 
but she is also no genius and very fragile emotionally because of other
problems in her background.  
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I am trying to decide whether to continue sponsoring her or not.  
If anyone has any personal experience with a situation like this, I 
could sure use the feedback right now and thanks a lot.
--- TriToss (tm) Professional 10.0 - #66
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