Oklahoma City Says Thank You
To SA Everywhere, from SA Oklahoma City: How many ways can we say thank you for the conference? Or how do we love you for being there and being you? Let us count the ways.
German Newsletter
The November 1990 German SA Newsletter has been translated into English. Copies are available free from the Central Office. Many thanks to the generosity of Gregory A. of Niagara, NY, who did the translation.
Feedback Corner
Overheard at the Baltimore Convention: “I have to let others in to make room for myself.”
The Great SA Fallacy
Newcomer comes into the Program: Sees the light. Goes to meetings. Stops acting out. A change takes place, and he or she knows it. Something’s different. There’s a sense of impending joy. There’s recovery in the air, and they get caught up in it. Maybe there’s a way out after all! Starts talking the talk.
SA and Sexual Abuse
The following paper represents a first-attempt at dialogue on the issue of SA and sexual abuse. This paper, and cover letter, were sent from the SA Central Office to the Regina Committee on Sexual Abuse in Saskatchewan in July.
Member News
Looked at from the outside, nothing appears weirder than SA. When I first heard of it, I laughed out loud. When I heard they were against masturbation and sex before marriage, I just felt sorry for them. (Much like the way I felt at the references to God in the AA Big Book three years earlier.)
Member News
Thank you for your helpful response to the article appearing in “Regina Committee on Sexual Abuse.” Yesterday I met with “The Sexual Harassment” committee of the United Church of Canada Saskatchewan Conference. I met as a minister of the church although they also know of my connection with SA.
Member News
Good news! As of April 27th, I now have more than two years sobriety. I have put much work into my spiritual recovery as well and both need constant vigilance and much effort. I am most grateful for my brothers and sisters in both the Monday and Wednesday groups and all SA members everywhere for the binding support we share.
Member News
I feel compelled to write this letter to share my experience, strength, and hope. I write this as much for me as I do for others in the fellowship. I want to share a message. A message I have learned the hard way.
Are We in This Area Really Part of SA?
The autonomy of individual SA groups (Tradition Four) does not extend to matters affecting the fellowship as a whole. Nothing is more basic to the SA fellowship as a whole than what has come to be known as the SA sobriety imperative. The sobriety imperative is the thing which makes SA unique among several 12 Step programs dealing with sexual addiction.
