A Journey of 90 Meetings in 90 Days
Attending solution-focused meetings and working on his first step inventory gave him different feelings and helped him better see the depths of his addiction.

For most of his life, he lived in a prison built with shame, secrets, and addiction. Working the Steps with an accountability partner in prison and with the help of his sponsor by phone, he connected with God.

In her article, “The Butterfly, the Garden, and the Gardener”, this member shares how the butterfly of lust was always promising something beyond her grasp. Do you identify with lust promising something that it couldn’t deliver?

Our next edition’s theme is “The Positive Sobriety.” Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of taking the steps creates a desire to carry the message of recovery to others still suffering. This desire replaces the desire for gratification at the expense of others.

The SA ICC walks an intergroup through the process of hosting an international convention that opens a channel for spiritual growth unique only found in service.

Dear ESSAY,
This is a letter written by one of the intergroup representatives to our regional assembly on the occasion of the death of our delegate, Antonio S., in January 2026.

Most times, all that can be done is to take an action of love long before any positive feelings follow. Yet they do follow. It has also been said that closer union in God’s will brings the internal loving disposition to his will even before action is taken.

Connecting with a Higher Power by living in the solution, the 12 Steps, empowers her to serve other addicts, including those in the Service Structure.

Positive sobriety was not possible for him without positive steps and real connection with others.

Only God’s power can remove the blindness of self-centeredness and enlighten the eyes of service.

Focusing his attentions on others in service became more attractive than his self-interest.
Sobriety was not a possibility for me before starting the Program two and a half years ago

The Gardener of her soul prepared her to receive the garden of his presence, a Presence who is growing a new life that the butterfly of obsessive love could never give.

He stopped trying to obtain happiness his way and found it by living God’s way.

تجربه او به او آموخته است که غیبت در انجمن می‌تواند شکلی آسیب‌زننده از افشاگری باشد.

او به‌جای آنکه همه‌چیز را برای سبک کردن بارِ دلش بازگو کند، یاد گرفت تا زمانی که روی موضوعی با «قدم‌ها» کار نکرده، آنرا مشارکت نکند.

او دریافت که با پیروی از راهنمایی‌های نشریات ما و راهنمایش، از تجربۀ فاجعه‌بارِ یک افشای زودهنگام در امان مانده است.

این عضو به جنبه‌های مختلف برنامه اشاره می‌کند که به او کمک کرد تا هرگز داستان بهبودی‌اش را به‌طور کامل برای همسرش افشا نکند.
پس از ۴۱ سال پاکی در مسیر بهبودی، هنوز داستان SA خود را به‌طور کامل برای همسرم بازگو نکرده‌ام. حتی اکنون هم از خود می‌پرسم که چطور چنین چیزی ممکن است؟

قدرت خداوند او را در کابوسِ شنیدن یک افشاگری، استوار نگه داشت.
من در ژانویۀ ۲۰۲۲ برای نخستینبار به SA آمدم. بلافاصله فهمیدم افرادی را یافته‌ام که می‌توانند کمکم کنند تا به پاکی واقعی دست یابم.

لحظه‌ای غیرمنتظره از عشق به همسرش کمک کرد تا از ناامیدیِ ناشی از افشاگری، به امید برای بهبودی دست یابد.

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