As an internationally respected teacher and lecturer on the Twelve Step method introduced by Alcoholics Anonymous, Joe McQ knows that sponsorship is a key construct for the success of the program because it involves moving a person through the Twelve Step process to recovery. In the early days of AA, sponsors would come to the alcoholicf_(tm)s home and talk him through Steps 1 and 2, and when they were thoroughly convinced he was ready, they would start him on the program.