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== Film ==
* William Hurt's character in ''[[Changing Lanes (Film)|Changing Lanes]]'' is The Sponsor for Doyle (played by [[Samuel L Jackson|Samuel L. Jackson]]). He shows genuine concern for Doyle throughout the film, even going so far as to bail him out of jail during Doyle's [[Escalating War]] with [[Ben Affleck]]'s character. Near the end he finally gets fed up with Doyle's increasingly unhinged antics, delivering this [[Reason You Suck Speech|scathing commentary]]:
{{quote| "You know what, Doyle? Booze isn't your problem. It never was. You're addicted to ''chaos''. ''Rage'' is your drug of choice." }}
* ''[[The Alphabet Killer (Film)|The Alphabet Killer]]'': Though it is not drug related, head of [[Defective Detective]] Paige's support group Richard Ledge acts in a [[The Sponsor]]-like capacity for her, giving her advice on dealing with the resurgence of her visions and even helping her out when she later gets in trouble with the police.
* In the commentary of [[Iron Man (Filmfilm)|Iron Man]] 2 John Favreau reveals that [[Samuel L. Jackson|Nick Fury]] was written as Tony Stark's sponsor. He even went to AA meetings and talked to various sponsors to make sure his dialogue was right.
 
 
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* Aaron Stark is protagonist Mark Benford's AA sponsor in ''[[Flash Forward 2009|Flash Forward]]''. As the first (and only) season of the series progresses, his focus shifts from helping Mark with his addiction to finding his kidnapped daughter.
* On ''[[The John Larroquette Show]]'', John had as his AA sponsor David Crosby, perhaps the Poster Boy for rock star addicts. Once at the start of a meeting Crosby admitted he had had fallen off the wagon, leading John to respond: "My ''sponsor'' needs a '''sponsor'''?"
* ''[[Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia|It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia]]'': Charlie's court-ordered AA meetings become a lot more voluntary when The Waitress offers to be his sponsor. Unfortunately she's only doing it to get closer to Dennis and drops Charlie when it doesn't work out.
* The Showtime TV series ''[[Series/Rude Awakening|Rude Awakening]]'' was about a [[Bottle Fairy]] going through AA, who ended up having [[UST]] with her sponsor.
* In ''[[The Mentalist]]'' episode "Jolly Red Elf", the bizarre death of a Santa-suit clad alcoholic lead Jane to seek out his AA sponsor, who was later revealed to have been in love with the victim.
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