Catching recovery occurs when seeking continuous service and rather than seeking self-gratification.

Electing leaders allows the Fellowship to keep authority, while elements of the service structure can decide according to informed conscience.

Sharing only what happened before and after sobriety, he lets God reveal the degree of happiness through his shine.

Tradition Three allows her to stay in SA and receive a life of recovery and growth.

Sharing responsibly allows him to thrive in healthy connections.

Bringing the inside out has taught her how to connect with members in the Fellowship.

She is grateful that instead of acting out, she is working the Program.

90 days in Nashville for a breakthrough in recovery from lust

The literature on sharing in meetings helped her apply boundaries to protect her sobriety.

Recovery was not something to observe on the sidelines of life, but rather something to be lived.

She is so grateful that the Steps taught her how to connect using safe, healthy sharing.

He learned boundaries that allowed him to share safely and listen attentively.

The Program taught her how to embrace every healing aspect of Recovery, Unity, and Service.

Recovery shows him the damage that swearing and sarcasm cause to others and to himself.

Dear ESSAY,

I am writing for two reasons. First, I have been receiving your ESSAY Journal for several years now, and the articles within it have changed my life and changed the inner person of who I really am.

This is a portion of the SA Trustees’ letter to us all regarding the crisis of the Seventh Tradition.
June, 2026

You are invited to read this “Editor’s Corner” in your home group during announcements.
The August 2026 edition of ESSAY Magazine is a powerful theme that breaks open the topic of sharing in meetings.

Our next edition’s theme is “Made A Decision–-Giving Our Lives to God.” The whole purpose of the Steps is to enable us to give our lives to the “One who has all power.” Admitting our powerlessness over our addiction and lives moves me into hope, Step Two, and into decision-making time, Step Three.

Sponsor by mail helped him to address what was buried and oozing out.
All my life, I looked like I had it together—married, seven children, active in serving others, and a belief in a Higher Power. But for 27 years, I lived a double life, trapped in pornography and secrets.

In his article, “Raising My Hand: Swearing in Meetings”, Jack shares how swearing was a way to belittle himself and others. Has the language of shock been a part of your addiction? If so, did you use it as a way to take the edge off or to add the edge?