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This support book contains 744 12-Step mini meditations for every hour of the day for 31 days!

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744 Mini Meditations

The Pocket Sponsor is a series of Mini Meditations

These mini meditations contain classic tips on how to get sober, stay sober, and even explores the meaning of being clean and sober. This book defines sobriety as the Old-timers in Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous defined it. These short-short meditations are the tools we learned from our sponsors in 12 Step programs. They are followed with a personal and positive recovery reflection. The first page contains a line for your sobriety date, your 12 Step sponsor's number, and a list for contacts from your home group meeting. Play this explainer video below where Niko informs you exactly how to use the Pocket Sponsor.

A book does not have to be AA conference-approved literature to work for supporting recovery. The Pocket Sponsor works for newcomers and Old-timers in the fellowships because it was written by the Old-timers who wrote Hazelden's classic book "Day By Day" just like "24 Hours a Day" was written. Containing 744 back-to-the-basics meditations and reflections for alcoholism and drug addiction recovery, the Pocket Sponsor is like a 12 Step workbook, a Touchstones meditation book, a Sponsor’s guidelines, and fellowship support all in one. It makes a great sobriety anniversary gift and is also sold in a clean and sober gift set and as a recovery app with a sobriety tracker.

At only $9.95, with a huge discount for bulk orders, it is the best value for your recovery investment. Our other titles such as the humor book "Known Cures for Alcoholism and Other Addictions," "Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book," "Color Me Sober," and a few other titles were all written by people in recovery, for people in recovery. We sell our recovery books and literature for less than Hazelden, Amazon, and Health Communications. And finally, our clean and sober Christmas Gift specials are the lowest prices of the year and make incredible support gifts for your sponsees, sponsors, clients, friends and family. Sign up for our recovery mailing list (only 3 emails per year is our promise) for AA and NA gifts for men and women.

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    HOVER FOR FREE FAMILY TOOL Make Myself Better Box (for the children of alcoholic/addict parents) HERE, If you have any young parents in your center, this is an exercise that may help their children learn to understand that Mon or Dad's disease is not them and they can make themselves better.
Color Me Sober and Sobriety Gift Set Pocket Sponsor is a popular 12 Step meditation book for AA, NA, and other 12 Step programs
Walk Softly & Carry a Big Book for members of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous Mini Meditation sobriety anniversary gift set with a Higher Power concept card

Escaping Myself, Lee B's biography, a true story of sobriety and his best tall tales

Escaping Myself, Lee B's biography

Our newest book by and for us in recovery is completed!!!! Lee B. was a recovered alcoholic and well known muralist in Western Colorado. He maintained sobriety for 56 years before his death in 2021. Abandoned as a child, a kid who beat up bullies, a toilet hugging drunk, courtmartialed for murder, escaped the mob, he found AA at age 22. Lee is the most implusive, destructive, selfish, completely insane sober drunk that you will hate to love, but you’ll love Lee, anyway. Order Escaping Myself on Kindle, in paperback or hardback.
Learn about the book, Escaping Myself

Why use Day By Day for your recovery books?

How to get sober using Day By Day books.

Day By Day is a small grass-roots publisher with books written by and for those in recovery. With only a few titles, namely the Original Pocket Sponsor and related recovery books, our work reaches right to the soul of sobriety. Having trouble motivating your addicts and alcoholics? Try our books before you give up.
Our recovery books speak to the soul
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How can my clients use the Pocket Sponsor?

Niko explains how to use this book

You can't be with your sponsees 24/7, but their Pocket Sponsor can. With 744 mini meditations for every hour of the day, they get the support they need. It can help you through the rough times, too. Meant to be carried thoughout the day, this book gives the wisdom of the old timers all year long. A perfect clean and sober support gift.

FREE Mini meditation books for Centers in Need

Free mini booklet for centers in need

Almost gone! We have leftover 1st editions of the Mini Meditation book, the Pocket Sponsor Thumbnail. We will share until we run out. It is excerpted from the Original Pocket Sponsor. This edition has a few typos but many still find it usefull as a recovery tool. If your center needs a little extra help this year, we are able to offer 50 FREE copies in our 'Pay It Forward Program.' Request the booklets here.

Words from our Readers

Satya B. This pocket sponsor is just fantastic and at times I get my answers from it.I only forward the day I really learn something and not always. Lots of love from India
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Review from "Body, Mind, & Spirit" Magazine This exceptional support book also has a phone list for the number of your sponsor and others in your recovery circle. Whether you are new to recovery or have more program time, Pocket Sponsor is a wonderful book filled with words of inspiration and hope. It's a must for people in recovery.
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Steve from Scottsdale I use the Pocket Sponsor with my patients at the treatment center. Here is a recent quote, from a letter written to the center, from a patient who completed treatment. "Dear Steve, I want to thank you for the extra help you gave me w/ the Pocket Sponsor."
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Dara W. I just celebrated my 7yr anniversary. By the Grace of God and the AA fellowship that I am part of. I wanted to thank you for writing this book & the mini thumbnail book. I am on my 5th one. They wear out easy when you are always opening them. lol, Thank you and God Bless
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Eddie from Canada Look forward to the pocket sponsor every morning when I get up,for you to start my day off on a positive note. I pass it on to everyone on my address list. Keep passing on all of that great wake up info. It sure start's my day off on the right foot.I still don't know how you got my email address,but i sure am glad you did.Keep the great gift of hope coming.
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Brian from Maryland Please know how grateful I am for this handy , concise , thought provoker... Little did I know how often we would refer to that little volume! Since that weekend, my sponsor has been diagnosed with a serious terminal illness.Your book is one that he consistently mentions frequently as a source of inspiration during our times together.
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Tom in Poland This Pocket Sponsor is probably the best thing I have in my in-box each day. I have had others daily things sent to my email, but none as good as this. Very practical, can be applied immediately and isn't full of jargon and holier then thou sayings. I love it!!! I'm very grateful I am getting them.
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Robert F from San Diego I am so pleased to have found "The Pocket Sponsor". So far I have passed on a copy to my sponsor, who carries it in his car, reading the appropriate time each time he gets in the car. He thinks it is wonderful. I also gave a copy to a newcomer that was having problems putting together 24 hours without a drink. He reported today that he now has 60 hours without a drink with the help of "The Pocket Sponsor"
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Bernadette from Canada I think the pocket sponsor is a very good thing..sometimes I read something in it that strikes me and I say to myself- that is so true...

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Publisher, Shelly Marshall

The Pocket Sponsor and related titles are published, trademarked, and sold by Day By Day Recovery Resources. Day By Day is owned and operated by Hazelden Author, Shelly Marshall, and her family. Please visit Day By Day's official publishing site for more information.

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    Cookies are used for a variety of purposes on our website (like I said, we don’t use them, as far as we know, except for Pintrest and our online store). They are also used in our e-mail communications to deliver our services and to enhance user experience. Let’s see what cookies are and the purpose they are used for.

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    They are small bites of information on your computer’s hard drive that are stored by your browser. Every time you revisit our website, your browser sends these bites back to lots of different websites so that they can better match your preferences and interests and sell it to the right people. Cool isn’t it?

    Using these cookies, you do not need to fill the same information again and again by allowing your browser to recognize each returning consumer and their relevant information. We don’t do the cookie thing at Pocket Sponsor on purpose and only our online store uses your information to send you your orders. Currently we only use the Social Media Platform of Pintrest and they do do some tracking but you will have to read their privacy policy for that. Oh and the google search engine has some stuff here too.

    A list of technologies that track you and sell your info are here (not limited to this list—there are thousands!). But you might want to figure out ways to protect your info from these popular sites:

    • Google (maps, search, doc, cloud, email, and everything else they offer)
    • Bing (same as above)
    • Yahoo
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • Most social media companies and any companies that do things for “free”
    • Paypal.com
    • Dictionary.com

    Think about NOT using the above companies unless you want to support what they do such as canceling you, shadow-banning, filtering what they show you, selling your personal info, handing it over to police and DOJ when requested, —etc. From CBS, “A huge amount of attention has been paid to government snooping, and the bulk collection and storage of vast amounts of raw data in the name of national security. What most of you don't know, or are just beginning to realize, is that a much greater and more immediate threat to your privacy is coming from thousands of companies” you use everyday.

    Here are a few sites that will give you info on how to protect yourself if you so desire:

    • https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129298003
    • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-data-brokers-selling-your-personal-information/
    • https://considertheconsumer.com/news/5-things-to-know-how-companies-are-tracking-you

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