Over three sober decades in SA there have been quite a few pieces of “bad news” for we sexaholics. They all arise, like our entire program, from our experience, strength and hope. Each issue of Essay under Practical Tools we’ll share some pieces of “bad news”:

• If you’ve ever been sober for 24 hours, you have all the tools you need to be sober the rest of your life – One Day At A Time.

• No matter how long I am sober and no matter how perfectly I work this SA program, I will still be a sexaholic.

• It took everything I did in my disease to get to the point of being willing to work our SA program.

• We cease fighting anything or anybody. We have to (AA 103).