Good news! As of April 27th, I now have more than two years sobriety. I have put much work into my spiritual recovery as well and both need constant vigilance and much effort. I am most grateful for my brothers and sisters in both the Monday and Wednesday groups and all SA members everywhere for the binding support we share.

Once again, thank you. Recently I wrote and asked for the name of someone who might prepare tapes from SA conferences. By return mail, I received notification of the conference in Nashville, Courage to Change. Subsequently, I ordered the tapes—all eight of them, and I have feasted on sharing. My cup is truly full. I have gained strength and courage. I have recently completed writing my First Step, painfully, and with much anger. My 16 years of sobriety in AA seem insignificant compared to the sobriety I am now attempting. I cannot demean my previous sobriety as I would not be alive today if I had continued drinking. But, all along, I felt there was something missing. Now I know that I have surely been sober (alcohol-wise) by God’s grace. Surely he could not get close to me as I kept him separate by using “god-myself” to ease the pains of life. This past week has been one of pain, excruciating pain, as I have attempted to gain sexual sobriety. I am grateful for my one week. This has been a lonely journey. Gratefully, I called SA in Nashville (thank goodness for their number in the directory), talked with a woman there who gave me names of someone in St. Louis area, 125 miles from my home.… Meantime I have devoured the SA “white” book, have read the blue book, identify with everything I read, and am also looking into S-Anon. My late husband and later my other partner have all qualified for this program. Surely every pot finds its own lid!!!

Thank you for sharing your stories, both in the books and at the conference. As a result, I too am experiencing the beginning of sobriety. Please pray for me.

God truly is doing for me what I could not do for others. Thank you for being a vessel for God to use to bring us all into the light through SA.