Pas de raccourcis vers le rétablissement
Depuis quatre ans, je suis au service des femmes qui ont décidé de changer leur vie avec l'aide des Douze Étapes. Au cours de cette période, j'ai commencé à travailler les Étapes avec plus de 30 femmes.
Le parrainage–comment et quand donner
Je viens d'apprendre une leçon sur la capitulation à l'endroit où je m'y attendais le moins : le parrainage. Je pensais qu'en travaillant par principe, sous la direction des 12 étapes et traditions, j'étais à l'abri de mes défauts de caractère.
Le parrainage : avantages et défis
J'ai commencé à parrainer lorsque j'étais sobre depuis presque 18 mois et que je travaillais sur la sixième étape. J'étais hésitant car il n'y avait, et il n'y a toujours, aucune directive officielle sur la façon de parrainer, mais mon parrain m'a dit qu'il était temps pour moi de m'engager.
“Our Fellowship United”
The AA Big Book says, “If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are halfway through.” (AA 83) Of course I see how many promises came true during the online inter-regional convention hosted by the Europe and Middle East Region (EMER) and the Persian-Speaking Region (PSR) on April 8 and 9, 2022.
SA Italy in the Limelight
The first SA Group in Italy began five years ago when two people from different paths met. Motivated by a common desire to share their Twelve Step recovery experiences, they went about trying to help others recover from lust addiction.
Giving for Free and for Fun
When I came into the program, it was suggested I find a sponsor. I was told a sponsor would help me one-on-one to go through the Steps, and I should either take someone who meets “I want what he has’’ or simply look around at the end of the meeting for the first person who raises his hand when asked “Who is available to sponsor?”
Helping the Person Start Walking the Right Path in the Right Direction
Our White Book says, “I got a sponsor (a friend in the program to help me work the Steps) and began working on me.” (SA 23) As a sexaholic, I need to find right relations with others and God, and where best to start but with my sponsor, who can mirror back recovery and help me with the Twelve Step program.
Helping Other Women Is the Foundation of My Recovery
It is difficult to describe in words the feeling of gratitude to God for me to be a sponsor. It is a great honor, responsibility, and joy. I want this process of transmitting the message of recovery from one woman to another to never stop. I believe that sponsorship is the most effective recovery tool in the SA Program.
Saved From Drowning By SA’s Spiritual Toolkit
After more than 40 years of drowning in a vast ocean of sexaholism that has a bottomless abyss, I was relieved to finally have a rescue swimmer (my sponsor) swim to my aid. I had the desperation of a drowning man and listened and followed his suggestions without question. The spiritual toolkit he was laying at my feet had immediate results.
The Fiery Sermon
A newer member of SA decided he didn’t need to go to any more meetings. After a few weeks, his sponsor decided to visit him. It was a chill evening and the sponsor found the sponsee at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire.
