Our continued thanks to Ruth P., who sends us the following news from West Germany and translates the German newsletter for us.
…The most important impression was being accepted as part of a fellowship of close friends with the same problem… I felt the need to talk openly about my relationship to my Higher Power and to confess that I do indeed still have difficulties getting to a loving, forgiving Higher Power from a fear-inspiring image of God…
J.
A and later in SA friends who had helped organize larger conventions said again and again that they had gotten so much out of it. I never really believed these friends and thought they were exaggerating. This time I had the opportunity to help organize myself and can only agree with these friends. I am grateful that I had the chance.
M.
…I went to the meeting, “What is my picture of me as a male?” In the meeting I didn’t talk on the subject specifically, but I thought about it… In English “man” means “male” as well as “person.” And “woman” comes from “wombman”…the difference between male and female has become smaller for me…
In the business meeting I announced that I would stop serving on the service committee. The reason I gave for giving up my service was that I was afraid that if I didn’t work in the service committee, SA Germany would break down and I wanted to face this fear. I could see from the laughter that burst out how narrow-minded my fear had been… Being sober means for me basically to accept reality the way it is, no matter what it costs. And only if I am willing to give everything, can I get everything…
R.
