Note from the Delegate Chair

Dear Fellow SA Members,

SA’s Common Welfare should come first; personal recovery depends on SA unity. Unity is the most cherished quality of our fellowship. I often ask myself questions such as: In my group, am I a healing, mending influence? Am I a peacemaker? Or am I critical of others? Am I as considerate of other SA members as I want them to be of me? Working with the General Delegate Assembly (GDA), I enjoy the spirit of unity, cooperation, and personal love the Delegates have for SA, as well as their commitment to doing the next right thing for our fellowship.

Recently, the GDA moved, passed unanimously, and recommended the following statement for use by SAICO in answering questions regarding our sobriety definition:

We have a solution. We don’t claim it’s for everybody, but for us, it works. If you identify with us and think you may share our problem, we’d like to share our solution with you (SA 2). In defining sobriety, we do not speak for those outside SA. We can only speak for ourselves. Thus, for the married sexaholic, sexual sobriety means having no form of sex with self or with persons other than the spouse. In SA’s sobriety definition, the term “spouse” refers to one’s partner in a marriage between a man and a woman. For the unmarried sexaholic, sexual sobriety means freedom from sex of any kind. And for all of us, single and married alike, sexual sobriety also includes progressive victory over lust (SA 191-192).

May God continue to bless SA and all of you as we move forward in progressive victory over lust and continue to insist on enjoying life.