…I’m only ten months in the program with half that many months of sobriety and I give thanks to God for steering me back towards life. The phone list, the literature, the meetings, most importantly the Twelve Steps and those that have gone ahead of us, give us hope.
I think this program is really good for me. I think SA when I get up and when I go to bed. To me SA is like the…song, You Light Up My Life. Thank you all very much. May God bless you all.
…I am a high-bottom alcoholic and a low-bottom sex drunk…sexually sober for 14 months. I am eternally grateful…to SA, and to God for my new lease on life. I have received many blessings throughout my life, but my sexual sobriety is the most precious.…
I was totally enthralled with how Higher Power brought it all together. It happened in spite of us. It flowed in a way no one could have made happen. I really felt the Presence. It moved me greatly.
Included with this issue is the report of the Group Conscience Committee on their proposal for a procedure for taking an SA-wide group conscience. This report summarizes feedback coming into Central Office from responding SA groups since the proposal was issued last December.
Since it was announced at the Los Angeles convention last December, Roy and the Central Office have been using the International Group Conscience Committee in an ad hoc temporary advisory capacity in day-to-day matters involving Central Office or SA as a whole. This is the only active representative body SA has at present, and it has been working extremely well. Following are some recent decisions made:
A decision has been made to go ahead with typesetting the SA manual and publishing it in 6-by-9 quality paperback format. This new edition of the SA manual would still have a plain white cover, as it does now. In the process, it is anticipated that a few changes may be made to the text where appropriate.
What do you think of the following statement, which might be used in conjunction with our sobriety statement? Please pass along any comments you might have to the Central Office.
We’re very grateful for Ruth P.’s work in translating the German newsletters into English. The following are excerpts from their sixth newsletter, dated February:
[Regarding the subject of what to do about sex offenders and the whole business of sexual dependency counseling] I have made a decision not to mix up the program with counseling. Looking back, I see how crazy I was to even consider getting involved in a “professional” way! My main area of interest—profession-wise—is in spiritual direction.… Spiritual direction and the 12-Step program are real compatible.
