T.O., of Cleveland, Ohio, says, “What an experience to be able to bring the 18 of us together, and from other states, to share our most secret selves with one another! To all be strangers yet to not feel strange at all — acceptance, honesty, and spirituality and recovery overflowed that day! We decided that this experience needed to be repeated in another Marathon so Cleveland SA will now sponsor two of these a year! All are welcome and the tapes with the four leads will be available soon! My sobriety was strengthened and hope was given to me that day! Thank God for SA!!!”

J.L., of Cleveland, Ohio, reports, “The Cleveland SA Marathon was the most enlightening experience I’ve had in recovery; the sharing was fantastic. Knowing there are so many who need and want this program I’m looking forward to the next one.”

J.M., of Cleveland, Ohio, says, “The Cleveland SA Marathon was and still is a source of healing and hopefulness. Things that were shared there I’ve taken for my own and used them as a form of spiritual armor to thwart off the manifestation of my disease and its ramifications.”

M.J.P., of Cleveland, Ohio, writes “The recovery shared at the SA Marathon in Cleveland was truly a spiritual experience for me. We laughed, we cried, we listened, we identified. I walked away from the marathon with such a great sense of hope and feeling very grateful.”

T.M., of Cleveland, Ohio, says, “As a newcomer to the SA program, the Cleveland SA Marathon was an experience filled with identification and hope. After a number of years in other 12 Step programs, I finally felt as though I’d arrived home.”