“But those of us who have tried to shoulder the entire burden and trouble of others find we are soon overcome by them.” (Chapter 9, Big Book)
Of course, as a sponsor, one is not ‘taking on’ someone else’s troubles at at all. Signposts (sponsors) are looked at for guidance then left behind, not leaned on.
A trouble shared is a trouble doubled. Sharing a trouble with an absorbent person results in that person acquiring the trouble themselves.
It’s now not just in me but in you.
Right-minded people in AA would see my troubles but then see through them as though they were not there, and then I looked again, and the troubles were gone.
The trouble isn’t the trouble, the trouble is the trouble I give myself about the trouble.
Once the trouble is gone, I’m left with facts and actions, neither of which are problematic.