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My name is Leo W., and I’m a grateful, recovering sexaholic. I’ve been sober by the grace of G-d and the help of all of you in this program of SA since April 7th, 2019. My home group is Crystal City, Virginia, USA.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - Featured Article
Me llamo Samar G y soy de Egipto. Soy sexólica.
Mi sufrimiento empezó cuando era niña y fui abusada por un pariente. Yo estaba en tercero o cuarto de educación primaria. No tenía ni idea de lo que él estaba haciendo, pero sabía que era algo malo. Intenté escapar. Tenía miedo y nunca se lo conté a nadie. Ese hombre era cauteloso, pero intentaba evitarle todo lo que podía. Así fue como empezó mi adicción. No sabía nada sobre el sexo, pero empecé a masturbarme siendo una niña.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety
Al recordar mi vida en el mundo de la lujuria, todavía siento terror y desesperación, los sentimientos con los que había estado viviendo todos los días, antes de venir al programa. Durante muchos años, ser adicto a comportamientos y pensamientos sexuales compulsivos fue el peor y más grande problema de mi vida. Un hecho que hizo de mi vida un auténtico desastre. Algunas noches soñaba que tendría una vida feliz sin este problema, pero por la mañana cuando me daba cuenta de que solo era un sueño, sentía una pena enorme. Era un hecho triste de mi vida para el que parecía no haber remedio. Si trataba de aceptar esto, las emociones se volvían más severas de lo que podía tolerar y tenía que adormecerlas volviendo a mi adicción. No podía imaginar nada peor que el infierno en el que estaba viviendo.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety
Hace poco me pidieron que escribiera un artículo para Essay sobre la sobriedad emocional. Mi primera reacción fue un no rotundo. Quería negarme porque sé, en el fondo de mi corazón, que la mayoría de las personas en SA tienen dificultad para alcanzar la sobriedad emocional dado que a duras penas pueden alcanzar la sobriedad de la lujuria. En ese momento me di cuenta de que, en vez de negarme, necesitaba compartir mi experiencia, fortaleza y esperanza desde otra perspectiva. Necesitaba escribir sobre los obstáculos que he visto los últimos 38 años en nuestra fraternidad.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety
La vida de un adicto al sexo puede ser muy difícil y estresante, especialmente cuando se está produciendo una guerra a gran escala en mi país. Es muy difícil mantenerse sexual y emocionalmente sobrio. Pero es posible. Así que creé para mí algunas reglas simples, basadas en los principios espirituales del programa de 12 pasos.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety
Hace 27 años entré en una sala llena de hombres: ¿Qué esperaba? Pensé que encontraría gente sucia y callada. Afortunadamente me equivoqué completamente con mis expectativas. Vi una sala llena de hombres normales y corrientes como los que podía ver en mi trabajo o en un grupo de amigos.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety
۲۷ سال پیش وارد اتاقی پر از مرد شدم… چه انتظاری داشتم؟ پیش خودم فکر می کردم افرادی را ببینم که کثیف و مرموز به نظر می رسند. اما خوشبختانه انتظارات من کاملاً اشتباه بود. من اتاقی را دیدم که پر از مردان معمولی بود، درست مانند آنچه که ممکن است در محل کار یا بیرون، زمانی که با دوستانم هستم، ببینم.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - هوشیاری عاطفی
Reading “What makes meetings strong?“ in Essay May 2021 got me thinking. For me strong meetings are welcoming places, offering full participation to all members; they provide opportunities for service and they encourage fellowship after meetings.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - Trustee Committees - Worldwide News
These past few months, we’ve been able to welcome two new members from Iraq. Although I wasn’t involved in carrying the message to them, I’m part of their solution.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - Worldwide News
I practice no organized religion, but I may refer to specific religious traditions here because of their being examples related to my journey. In November 1985 I stopped acting out by means of chemical castration. This was because of life-threatening behaviors that were occurring as a part of my acting out. There was no emotional or spiritual treatment combined with it.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - Steps & Traditions
A few weeks ago, I heard someone from my faith tradition tell a story that really resonated with me, and that I have thought about every day since. I shared it at a meeting and it appeared to touch others as well. Therefore, I am very happy to share it with you.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - Practical Tools - Women in SA
I have a recovery buddy who recently adopted a dog. Having been without a dog for several months, he was so excited when he was finally able to bring “Leroy Brown” home with him. That excitement was quickly joined by frustration.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - Steps & Traditions
I’m a member from the UK and I’m a sexaholic. I acted out with pornography, masturbation, prostitution, adultery, promiscuity, sexualizing men, women, children, animals and objects, voyeurism and exhibitionism, romantic fantasy, sexual intrigue, and emotional affairs. And by the grace of God and the program of Sexaholics Anonymous, I haven’t had to do any of that stuff for over 27 years and for that I am incredibly grateful.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - SA Stories
I’m driving. My son is beside me in the passenger seat. 80% of his body is covered in rash. He’s having trouble breathing. He is going into anaphylactic shock and may stop breathing within the hour, unless he gets medical attention.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - Practical Tools
In my addiction, lust took over my life. Indulging lust in some way was constantly in my mind. Every day, all day, lustful thoughts were occupying me. I was always looking for opportunities. This preoccupation was driving me crazy.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - Practical Tools
When you get what you want in your struggle for self…
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - Poems
I was recently asked to write an article for the Essay on Emotional Sobriety. At first my reaction was to say “No.” I wanted to say No because I felt, deep down, that most people in SA have difficulty reaching Emotional Sobriety since they can barely reach “lust sobriety.”
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - Featured Article
A sexaholic`s life can be very difficult and stressful, especially when a full scale war is going on in my country. It’s so hard to keep sexually and emotionally sober. But it’s possible. So I created a few simple rules for myself, based on 12 step program spiritual principles.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety - Featured Article
I was blessed with the opportunity to join the SA Fellowship of the Spirit more than eight years ago. When I then joined my first meeting, my sole motive was breaking free from the prison of lust, in the shade of which I had been living since my early teenage years.
TYPE: article | Magazine Issue: June 2022 | Topics: Emotional Sobriety
I am Samar G from Egypt. I am a sexaholic. My active addiction has a long history. I tried so many things in my life. My suffering started when I was young. I was abused by one of my relatives.