J.M., in Salina, Kansas, says, “I’m still working on my sexual sobriety. The meeting in Salina folded due to some people playing with the program. I hope to get some real interested people and start again. Thank you from my heart.”
J.M., of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, reports, “…Many benefits have already been gained from the correspondence. I count the fellowship through the mail as a primary one! And it shows — I’m approaching six months sobriety — Thank God!!”
A.G., of Miami, Florida, says, “It’s good to know I’m not alone. Thank you for everything.”
R.B., of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, writes, “I want to express my appreciation for the latest ESSAY. I really enjoyed reading about the other groups around the country. Ft. Lauderdale does not yet have any other members other than myself, but Ft. Lauderdale and Miami have joined forces and have started the SA of S.E. Florida and there are three of us who have had four meetings and plan to continue weekly meetings and a growth in membership. B.S. from Stuart, FL, has visited our meeting twice. I never knew the meaning of fellowship, love, and honesty until I met the other SA members, got abstinent, and got an SA sponsor. I now can see the light at the end of the tunnel and it is not a train. Thank God for SA.”
S.S., of Lubbock, Texas, writes, “To me, the idea of no sex (even with self) really makes sense; I think that it’s tantamount to the alcoholic trying a ‘little controlled drinking.’ I think, for me, it’s taken some time for me to discover what lust really is at the gut level. I could intellectualize it and had been doing that, but it took some time for me to look inside and to discern how I felt and more importantly how I felt about the other person when I felt lust.”
D.K., of Stamford, Connecticut, says, “I have been sober for almost 9 years in AA, and have been sexually sober in SA for 9 days today.… I’ve read the (SA Manual) and the stories were very helpful for me in identifying the nature of this disease. It is clear to me that lust was the first method of finding an easier way of receiving stimulation and a semblance of life than being intimate with people. This obsession has continued to result in a marriage that has been severely tested, but not, thank God, broken, and a life with an awful lot of time wasted in obsession, guilt, remorse, fantasy and projection. I am very grateful that SA exists and that I have joined.…”
