The Story Behind Steady Sponsor

Built for the work
that actually matters.

A digital companion for working the Twelve Steps — built with care, honesty, and deep respect for the program.

Our Mission

Steady Sponsor was created by people who understand firsthand how hard it is to work the steps without consistent access to a sponsor — and how much the writing work actually matters.

The idea was simple: what if someone could have a thoughtful, sponsor-quality guide to each step available at any hour — something that takes the writing seriously, explains what the steps actually mean, and is always there when a real sponsor isn't?

Steady Sponsor is that tool. It's not perfect. It's not a replacement for the real thing. But it's built with care, honesty, and deep respect for the program and the people in it.

Steady Sponsor is free because recovery shouldn't have a price tag. AA itself is free. The Big Book is available to anyone. The steps belong to everyone who needs them.

AA's Seventh Tradition says every group should be fully self-supporting through its own contributions. Steady Sponsor follows that same spirit — offered freely, sustained by voluntary donations from people who find it valuable.

“Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.”
— Seventh Tradition of Alcoholics Anonymous

All step content, writing prompts, and sponsor guidance are written by hand — not generated by AI. The AI sponsor runs on Claude Haiku via a server-side API route, so your conversations are not stored on our servers after the session ends. There are no accounts, no tracking beyond anonymous page-view analytics, and no advertising of any kind.

Bug reports, feedback, recovery stories, feature ideas — the team reads every message. If Steady Sponsor has helped you, we'd genuinely love to hear about it.