“Fun in Recovery”—it sounded most unrealistic at first. But we kept coming back and over time, we developed a liking for meetings and for connection with other members. By working our program we came to see the positives in every situation and even started to enjoy life’s rainy days. We, who used to be habitual moaners, now actively looked about us for reasons to be cheerful and grateful.
I have always worked a simple program because that is the only way I'm able to do it. I wasn't able to write my inventory like the AA Big Book recommends with the columns system. But on page 109 in the SA White Book the directions were simple which allowed me to do my inventories.
Your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated. Your letter was not anticipated so receiving it made it all the more special. I am grateful to have had 18 months between being “busted” and being arrested in which time I was able to become sexually sober, attend SA meetings, work the Steps with a sponsor, reunite with old friends in AA, and receive professional therapy.
I will try to share my experience, strength and hope as it touches upon the role my father Roy K. played in both my addiction and recovery. It's been a bumpy road for us both, thanks to our addiction and character defects.
Fun in recovery was the last thing on my mind when I first stepped into the rooms. I was at rock bottom and thought my life would never see joy again, much less fun again. I had been found out and subsequently destroyed my marriage and the relationships with my teenage children. I never thought that fast forward 6 years I would rediscover joy in my life and have fun in my recovery.
Before joining SA, I did activities with a hidden agenda- to spot or be spotted by a “potential husband”. I cringe when I think about these crazy motives. As I was doing Step Four, my sponsor asked me if I would accept life if I never got married.
When I first started my recovery journey I was plagued with the usual incessant buzz inside my head that only addicts and compulsive neurotics can identify with:
С того момента, когда я начал принимать эту Программу всерьёз и начал работать по Шагам со спонсором, который работает по Шагам со своим спонсором ( и т.д. ), мне стало абсолютно ясно, что наш основной фокус и главная цель - это Двенадцатый Шаг, несение вести.
Когда летом 2014 года меня выбрали членом Попечительского совета АС, я был новичком на этом уровне служения, но с воодушевлением отдавал все силы тому, что мог сделать, чтобы делиться нашим посланием со страдающими сексоголиками.
Моя работа состоит в том, чтобы ухаживать за большим владением с фруктовым садом, огородом и домом. Несколько недель назад я оказался в совершенно новой для себя ситуации. Люди, с которыми я живу и работаю, уехали в летний отпуск на два месяца. Я остался один, и с тех пор почти ни с кем не встречаюсь лично. Ключевой момент заключается в том, что у меня есть полный доступ к Интернету.
