Note From the Delegate Chair

Dear Fellow SA Members:

One great blessing in my life was when I found a sponsor and then let him guide me through the Steps. It was not easy to do as he suggested. However, one constant reminder from the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions kept me focused on what I needed to do: “AA’s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole” (12&12 15). I found the spiritual life is not a theory; I have to live it.

“Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the effect that experience is the thing of supreme value in life. That is true only if one is willing to turn the past to good account. We grow by our willingness to face and rectify errors and convert them into assets” (AA 124).

As we insist on enjoying life, I personally need to do the next right thing and let God direct me to do so. Moving forward in our fellowship as members, we too must do the next right thing in our own life. Service is one of the greatest blessings we can experience to bring us joy in sobriety, serenity, peace, and lasting inside happiness.

Be kind to yourself. Expect God to help you. Say yes to God and the spiritual principles of SA. May we all recognize the Key to our sobriety. Relief from lust is within us.