Muckers do not use sponsors.

This is true. We do not use sponsors. The recovered addict/alcoholic acts only as a guide during the booking process. Once that process is concluded, the two individuals may become good friends. Or the newly-recovered addict/alcoholic may become a friend of another person in the fellowship. But not sponsor-sponsee. While we do not deny that, some cases, the sponser-sponsee relationship is healthy and helpful, we believe the sponsee stands the risk of relying too much on the sponsor and not enough on the Higher Power. And we believe the person acting as sponsor is at significant risk of subtle ego-gratification, self-indulgence, and putting personality before principles; these can seriously undermine their own program of recovery. We believe a recovered alcoholic/addict may need a person to talk to who understands their situation, and that person can be found within the fellowship. But we believe it is essential that the newly-recovered individual continuously maintain and grow their conscious contact with their Higher Power.