My name is Marjorie; I’m a sexaholic with 11 years of SA sobriety. I entered SA in Montreal and have attended groups in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Colorado Springs, and Los Angeles. When I came to Peru I thought my only way of connecting with others would be by Internet. But a priest encouraged me to put my heart and soul into my program and to help others who are in recovery. It did not take me long to find people who needed and wanted SA. The SA Central Office referred people to me. Our group celebrated its first anniversary on July 27, 2008.

Our group is in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho, located in Lima. We have six regular attendees who hardly ever miss a meeting, and four others who have just put their toe in but can’t quite make the plunge. We all know what that is like. With the regulars, we are able to grow in trust and recovery. There is a lot of honesty and support. Our service positions are filled and now we have someone in the group with a credit card who can order books for us. Until now, I was ordering books through a friend in the U.S.

Maybe we will meet at a convention someday. The more likely plan for connecting with others is to start Intergroup meetings with Chile, where SA has just started, or Venezuela, who are well established. We would do this with Skype because the distances are great and money is scarce. We spend a lot of money just paying for translations of ESSAY articles once in a while.

Happy 24 hours of Sobriety and Serenity! If you are ever in Lima, let us know and we will give you directions to our meeting. SAICO has my email address.