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One of my friends in prison informed me that he is going to be paroled soon. He asked for advice on what he should do upon release. I asked him where he plans to live and sent him a list of meetings in his area with contact phone numbers. I asked if he had transportation to his location. If not, I suggested that he find a local bus service or transportation service.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: October 2024 | Topics: CFC - Featured Article - Using the Literature of the Program
Different forces propelled us to the first-ever SA India Workshop Weekend in Ashirvad, Bangalore. These forces included life-threatening spiritual bankruptcy, absolute failure of moderation and self-control, and a serendipitous string of events amidst desperate seeking.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: October 2024 | Topics: Featured Article - Using the Literature of the Program - Worldwide News
I knew from the start of my journey in SA that our founder, Roy K. wrote Sexaholics Anonymous (the “White Book”) and then later learned that he also wrote Recovery Continues, Discovering the Principles, and several SA pamphlets. However, for many years, I wondered who writes all our other wonderful SA literature and what’s involved in the publication process. Then the opportunity arose to do international service, and I volunteered to join the Literature Committee.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: October 2024 | Topics: Featured Article - Using the Literature of the Program - What's Going On in SA
A while ago, a fellow in my home group went through a difficult time and wondered why God let it happen. This reminded me of something that happened for me about two years ago.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: October 2024 | Topics: Featured Article - Practical Tools - Using the Literature of the Program
Before getting sober, I was not a book person. In fact, I had never read a book cover-to-cover. I almost finished one book in school because it took me into a fantasy world, away from reality. Most reading for me, though, was distressing and pointless.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: October 2024 | Topics: Featured Article - Theme - Using the Literature of the Program
When I joined SA in the autumn of 2020, I was broken but willing to take direction. That’s because I was so desperate. Many years of experience in AA did afford me some advantages, though, including countless book study meetings and a good familiarity with the Big Book and the Twelve and Twelve. I even remembered some passages, like page 417 about acceptance, which I could still recite word for word. The stuff I memorised still serves as a kind of mental reference library.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: October 2024 | Topics: Featured Article - Theme - Using the Literature of the Program
At my first meeting of Sexaholics Anonymous, I heard someone read “The Problem,” and I knew that I was in the right place. In the White Book Roy wrote:
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: October 2024 | Topics: Featured Article - Theme - Using the Literature of the Program
The October edition will be devoted to “Using the Literature of the Program,” which is the eighth tool in the chapter “Overcoming Lust and Temptation” (SA 161).
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: Coming Next - What is Lust?
I just got back from the SA/S-Anon International Conventions in Los Angeles. This was the first International Convention in the United States since 2020, and the final registration count was 664! There were another 70 people around the world who joined sessions via livestream. Eleven countries were represented (including Kenya, Israel, and Belgium), 40 of the U.S. states, plus Puerto Rico and Washington D.C.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: International Conventions - What is Lust? - Worldwide News
Last weekend (early April 2024), about 20 SA members spent about 14 hours together for “Truro Recovery Day” in Cornwall, UK (Truro is a quant cathedral city in southwest England). One of the smallest groups in the UK (the Truro meeting) hosted this annual event of the southwest corner of England.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: What is Lust? - Women in SA - Worldwide News
One of the highlights of the international convention in Los Angeles was finally meeting my first (and now former) sponsee, John H. After six years of phone conversations and occasional Zoom meetings, we met in person in California. Being my first sponsee, he often referred to himself as my “guinea pig.”
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: International Conventions - Web Exclusive - What is Lust? - Worldwide News
As a chronic, hopeless sexaholic, I have no human defense against lust. When I lust, I cannot stop. As a chronic sexaholic I have a physical allergy to whatever chemicals, neurotransmitters, hormones—you name it—that are produced by my own brain and body when I am lusting or engaging in selfish sexual behavior. My mental and physical reaction to those substances differ from the reaction of normal people.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: Theme - Web Exclusive - What is Lust?
I love plants! I have plants in my living room, kitchen, bedroom…everywhere! All that greenery in the house makes me feel good, and since I’m in recovery, I can take good care of them, too. Before, all my plants were dying. I just wasn’t able to give them what they needed, which isn’t surprising, considering I could barely keep myself alive.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: Theme - What is Lust? - Women in SA
Through the grace of God and this program, I’ve been sober since March 4, 2006. I believe that the best way to help “the sexaholic who still suffers” (Tradition 5) is through our sobriety definition. This is the SA message that we carry to the newcomer in our meetings. I believe there are many ways to achieve sobriety from sexual addiction, but there is only one way to achieve recovery from sexaholism — that is by working the SA program.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: Same-Sex Lust Recovery - Steps & Traditions - What is Lust?
Thank God I have a program. I have come to believe that a power greater than myself can restore me to sanity.
I continue to have lustful thoughts. They come to me because I live in an environment where titillation of the senses is a commercial device that businesses use to sell their products. This device is used in all modern media. Unless I live in a cave, I can’t avoid temptation. Even in a cave, I can’t avoid euphoric recall of lustful thoughts. There is no way I can avoid lustful thoughts. I have to accept the fact that I am vulnerable to these thoughts.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: Steps & Traditions - What is Lust?
Because of Step 1, I have come to accept that I am completely powerless over lust. I strive daily to apply this principle in all my affairs. I try often to remind myself that I am powerless over what life gives me, be it work, family, emotions, events, or anything else. When I used to relapse frequently, I would justify both my thoughts and behavior with the excuse of powerlessness: If I’m powerless, then I have no choice but to act out, right?
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: Steps & Traditions - Web Exclusive - What is Lust?
My name is Jon, and I’m a grateful, recovering sexaholic. I’ve been powerless over lust for as long as I can remember. Unfortunately, it took decades for me to finally acknowledge this fact. I am originally from the United States, but my wife and I currently reside in the Philippines.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: SA Stories - What is Lust?
I entered the world of SA through an invitation from a friend of a friend. At the time, I didn’t recognize my own lust addiction. I simply enjoyed the company of women, and I sometimes (read: constantly) indulged in pornography. To me, those explicit images were no different from any movie broadcasted on TV. And when I heard about Sexaholics Anonymous, the word “Anonymous” intrigued me. It seemed to hold excitement, secrecy, and freedom—words my lust craved.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: Practical Tools - What is Lust?
Lust is ugliness disguised as grace.
Lust is disgust staring into my face.
Lust possesses my entire living space.
Lust takes all my hopes to erase.
Lust removes the beauty from life.
Lust fills the room with unbearable strife.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: August 2024 | Topics: Poems - Practical Tools - What is Lust? - Women in SA
I love SA. I am really committed to my SA program and this fellowship. I have peace and serenity in my life because through SA I have found a way to live a sober life. I am grateful to my Higher Power, my sponsor, and our 12-Step program for this great gift. Upon receiving a great gift, it is very natural to want to give back. When I was asked if I would consider being nominated to serve as a Trustee, I said, “Yes.”