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Bringing Us Together

“Have you worked the Steps on this issue?” Sylvia asked me that question regularly when she was my sponsor. The question stays in my head, and it comes to the surface when my Higher Power knows I need help. Seven women received many wise suggestions from Sylvia as our sponsor or as our friend. We united in our grief to have an online memorial, a memorial on Zoom, and a memorial published in the June ESSAY magazine. Sylvia passed away in October 2024. One of the women interviewed me and Sylvia’s former sponsees and friends to paint a picture of her gifts of experience, strength, and hope.

AUTHOR: Peg V., Cleveland, USA | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Grieving In Recovery - Theme - Women in SA

Lifetime of Tears

I have a lifetime of tears that are trapped like an ocean, deep within the inside of me,
The pain and the fears, and a lingering notion that one day they’ll all be set free.
But for now, as new tears are gathered and added deep behind an impenetrable wall,
The pressure increases as the stability decreases, awaiting the eventual fall.

AUTHOR: Dennis T., Alaska, USA | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Grieving In Recovery - Poems - Theme

Opening Up to Grief

I remember what my life was like when I was living wholly in my addiction. It was as though I were in a cave, deep inside, where the light was far off, and surrounding me were damp, cold walls of stone. Gratefully and finally, I moved toward the light and found fellowship in SA. That damp, dark place was my lust addiction. I was isolated even though I was surrounded by people. In my lust, I saw people as objects, and I was alone.

AUTHOR: Anonymous, St. Louis, Missouri | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Grieving In Recovery - Theme

Tears of Gratitude

I wept nearly every day in my first year in recovery. What a contrast with the previous 25 years, when I acted out sexually whenever I felt sad. In doing so, I had stuffed so much grief inside me that when the dam broke, I thought the flood would never end. There was a lot of pain down there. All those losses that I had never grieved: the death of my father when I was a teenager; many lost loves; two broken marriages; separation from my children; two failed careers; hard-won fame and fortune gone. There was a world of sadness here that I had never expressed naturally. I had just “moved on” to the next career or relationship, until one day I was 12th-stepped.

AUTHOR: Nicholas S., UK | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Grieving In Recovery - Theme

The 2025 Truro, UK Recovery Day

My name is Kathie S., of the Exeter, Devon, England, SA group. The next county to Devon is Cornwall, including one of the smallest SA groups in the country: the Truro group. This dedicated group has hosted again this year one of the most awesome events on my calendar: the Truro Recovery Day (which was in early April 2025). Truro is a Cathedral city, accessible by railway and by main roads.

AUTHOR: Kathie S., Devon, UK | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Worldwide News

NWR Spring Retreat 2025 Retrospective

It never seems to get old, even though I’ve been driving to these regional conferences now for over a quarter century. I’m just appreciating these special times all the more since they were interrupted for a couple of years by the pandemic.

AUTHOR: Ned, Washington, USA | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Worldwide News

His Focus on Fellowship

A few years after the Flemish IG began, Luc brought up the idea of organizing a larger workshop or convention. We also looked to SA in the Netherlands for collaboration. This happened several times during workshops with old-timers. A few years ago, a tradition emerged: an annual Dutch-language convention, alternately organized by the Dutch and the Flemish IG.

AUTHOR: Tom B, Jean V and Merlijn M, EMER Region | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: In Memoriam - Worldwide News

Acceptance is the Answer to All My Problems

I am very lucky to have an experienced therapist who is a man my age and who has also personally worked the 12 Steps for his own addiction issues; he thoroughly supports 12 Step programs. I have found this kind of outside professional help to be a very positive complement to my recovery in SA.

AUTHOR: Daniel J., Barcelona, Spain | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Featured Article - Grieving In Recovery - Theme

What She Freely Gave

A Legacy of Recovery through the Eyes of Those She Helped

MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Featured Article - In Memoriam - SA Stories - Women in SA

Life is a Continuous Saying Goodbye

I started this 12 Step program from the bottom after committing adultery. What was left was me saying, “I know a solution. I’m going to commit suicide, and then I’ll blame everybody else. That it’s all their fault.”

AUTHOR: God Did All of This | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Featured Article - Grieving In Recovery - Steps & Traditions

In Sylvia’s Own Words

Flirting Was a Real High for Me
by Sylvia J. (at six years SA sober) with the original 1989 title
Reprinted in Member Stories 2007, pages 120-123 with the title “The Only Way I Knew”

AUTHOR: Sylvia J., Oklahoma, USA | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Featured Article - SA Stories - Women in SA

Good Grief

In my memory, the expression “good grief” was a common expletive of the cartoon characters in Peanuts. For much of my life, I used “good grief” to express astonishment, dismay, and frustration, never considering the deeper truth hidden within the euphemism. Before I entered the SA program (10/21/1998), I lived with an accumulation of frozen grief. Only after a couple of journeys through the steps did I begin to understand and embrace the benefits of grieving. I realized that journeying through grief was healing and good for me.

AUTHOR: Jack H., California, USA | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Featured Article - Grieving In Recovery

A Pillar in SA History

Sylvia participated in the early history of Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) and was a primary figure in the development of SA’s current service structure.

AUTHOR: Sponsees, Grandsponsees, & Friends of Sylvia J. | MAGAZINE ISSUE: June 2025 | THEME: Grieving In Recovery | TOPICS: Featured Article - SA Stories - Women in SA

עזרתו של אלוהים – להציע במקום לבקש בלבד

כניעה אמיתית אינה רק לבקש עזרה – זה להציע את עצמנו לתוכנית של אלוהים.
בתוכנית, בניתי את השריר של לבקש את עזרתו של אלוהים. עזור לי להישאר נקי! עזור לי להתרחק מהתאווה! עזור לי להיכנע! עזור לי! עזור לי! עזור לי! ככל שאני מחזק את השריר הזה – שלעיתים דורש פעולה של התמסרות מלאה – אני גם מסיט את התפיסה שלי לגישה עדינה יותר.

AUTHOR: תומאס S. ג'ורג'יה, ארצות הברית | MAGAZINE ISSUE: April 2025 | THEME: Rule 62 | TOPICS: Featured Article - Practical Tools

?למי שייך הניצחון

לתת לאלוהים לנצח את התאווה. אומץ אינו להילחם בתאווה – אלא למסור אותה לאלוהים.
שמי סטיב, ואני מכור לתאווה בהחלמה. בחסדי אלוהים, ספונסר והתוכנית, אני נקי מאז 20 באוגוסט 2013. לא קיימתי יחסי מין עם עצמי או עם מישהו אחר מלבד רעיתי למעלה מ-11 שנים. חוויתי גם ניצחון הולך וגובר על התאווה.

AUTHOR: סטיב ר., נורת' פלאט, נברסקה, ארה"ב | MAGAZINE ISSUE: April 2025 | THEME: Rule 62 | TOPICS: Featured Article - SA Stories

אני תמיד מוצא את מה שאני מחפש

הוא המשיך ליפול עד ששינה את מה שהוא מחפש.
אני שיכור שבתחתית. הייתי בהתמכרות פעילה כמעט ארבעים שנה. לבסוף נגררתי לתוך התוכנית לפני ארבע עשרה שנה. עכשיו, אני נקי כבר שנתיים ושלושה חודשים. תעשו את החשבון.

AUTHOR: ג'ף מ., לונג איילנד, ניו יורק, ארה"ב | MAGAZINE ISSUE: April 2025 | THEME: Rule 62 | TOPICS: Featured Article - Rule 62 - Theme

זאת לא הייתה נפילה

היינו בקבוצה שהנחה בחור מקומי. ברגע של שקט, שמענו פתאום משהו מתחיל להישבר. לא הבנו מאיפה הצליל הגיע. שמענו עוד צליל של שבר, ואחריו עוד אחד.
לאט לאט אחד החברים שקע אל הרצפה. אחת הרגליים של כיסא הפלסטיק שעליו הוא ישב נשברה, והוא נפל על הרצפה.

AUTHOR: אוסקר מ., בוגוטה, קולומביה | MAGAZINE ISSUE: April 2025 | THEME: Rule 62 | TOPICS: Featured Article - Rule 62 - Theme

מתנת היאוש

כניעה לאלוקים הובילה אותי לנס של מפוכחות אמיתית.
שלום, קוראים לי אמר ר. ממצרים. בגיל 10 התחלתי לגעת בעצמי אבל הפסקתי מכיוון שאמא שלי אמרה לי שאלך לגיהנום בגלל המעשה הזה. גיליתי את הפורנוגרפיה בגיל 18 ומייד נהייתי מכור, ללא יכולת להמנע מאוננות אפילו לא לשבוע אחד. הגעתי ל-SA בגיל 19 בלד, לפני שנה. הפגישה הראשונה שלי הייתה בזום. הצטרפתי ל-SA מכיוון שהייתי מאונן באופן כפייתית תוך כדי צפיה בפורנוגרפיה. כבר בהתחלה כשהגעתי ל-SA הייתי מסוגל להפסיק להשתמש למשך 14 ימים בבזכות האנשים שכאן – הם עודדו אותי, חיזקו אותי ואהבו אותי.

AUTHOR: אמר ר. מנצורה, מצרים | MAGAZINE ISSUE: April 2025 | THEME: Rule 62 | TOPICS: Featured Article - SA Stories

?האם זו תאווה או אהבה

תאווה תמיד הייתה חלק ממני, הרבה לפני שידעתי לקרוא לה כך. היא תבעה אותי לעצמה בחשיכה שתיהפך לסקסוהליזם שלי – כלא פרי-יצירתי, גדול כמו היקום. המחלה שלי התפתחה בשקט. חלק אולי יטענו שלא הגעתי לתחתית היות וחיי לא התהפכו לחלוטין כתוצאה מהנפילות הרבות שלי.

AUTHOR: אדריה ק., וושינגטון, ארה"ב. | MAGAZINE ISSUE: April 2025 | THEME: Rule 62 | TOPICS: Featured Article - SA Stories - Women in SA

عون الله: الإخضاع بدلاً من السؤال فقط

التسليم الحقيقي ليس مجرد طلب العون – بل هو إخضاع أنفسنا لتدبير الله
في البرنامج، كنتُ أقوّي عضلة طلب العون من الرب. “ساعدني لأكون رصيناً! ساعدني لأبتعد عن الشهوة! ساعدني لأسلّم! ساعدني! ساعدني! ساعدني!” بينما أقوّي هذه العضلة – التي تتطلب أحيانًا التوكل التام على الرب – أنا أيضًا أُغير منظورِي إلى نهج أكثر لُطفًا

AUTHOR: توماس اس.، جورجيا، الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية | MAGAZINE ISSUE: April 2025 | THEME: Rule 62 | TOPICS: Featured Article - Practical Tools

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