A member is using a food plan from a commercial dieting program. She told her group she is abstinent on this plan and would like to sponsor. She says she won't mention she is on a different food plan. Her group told her she couldn't sponsor. Sponsor Guidelines booklet (Types of CEA-HOW Sponsors) details the [...]
I have been a sponsor in CEA-HOW for several years, and something has begun to bother me a good deal. In listening to the sponsee as she does her inventory, there are often stories of sexual abuse and date rapes, but recently I heard a horrendous story of a violent rape. We should have some [...]
Do I have to have special medical knowledge or experience with a specific medical condition to sponsor a medical abstinence? Thank you for your concern for the integrity of the CEA-HOW program and your fellows. No, you do not need special medical knowledge or experience with a specific medical condition to sponsor medical abstinence. Tool [...]
I am a vegan. When I qualify can I qualify as a Vegan Sponsor? Can I qualify as a Vegan Sponsor who will only sponsor vegans? We look to our literature for an answer. As guardians of our fellowship WSO endorses the principles in our Sponsor Guidelines which identify only four types of CEA-HOW sponsors: food, inventory, step and [...]
I am a maintenance sponsor and I have been asked to be a maintenance sponsor to someone who is within 10 pounds of goal weight. Although the requirements for being a maintenance sponsor are clearly spelled out in the guidelines, I am confused about what a sponsee needs to accomplish before moving on to maintenance. [...]