He realized that following the experience of others didn’t diminish his manhood; it helped him live up to it.

Integrity has to be practiced in every aspect of his life.
I’ve been seeing ads on social media offering a huge collection of books about psychology, therapy, healing, motivation, and self-improvement for only 100 Mexican pesos.

He discovered that by living in the Steps, he found a spiritual home for himself in SA.

Practicing the 12 Step solution allows her to come into recovery and experience pain without numbing out.

When choosing between meditation to know God’s will and helping the person in need, God’s will was immediately revealed.

Practicing the 12 Step solution allows her to come into recovery and experience pain without numbing out.

She often forgets that being happy happens on the inside and not on the outside.
I often tell newcomers, so they know it is part of the process, that it is okay to feel the pain of quitting lust. I also tell them that it is not me who stopped or quit lust.

A life-changing condition forced this member to embrace self-care and God’s peace more fully, giving her more to offer others.

In living a life of selfless giving, he finds his needs, joy, and serenity supplied.
I’ve had several conversations over the last 24 hours about Step One. It seems to me that everything, right down to the core of my being, resisted admitting my powerlessness.

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