Finance Report
Were We Tightwads In 2016? Well here are the facts: SAICO received $14.53 per SA member in 2016. The central office of another “S” fellowship received $27.20 from each of its members in the same period…. ‘nuff said?
Dear ESSAY
Dear Essay, Hello! I want to report from the Together And Never Alone Again Convention May 5-7, 2017. I can hardly digest the miracles and blessings that filled our weekend. Only that I cannot be thankful enough to Essay and to the entire fellowship for holding us in your hearts as well as in your prayers last weekend. We felt your support, really.
Editors’ Corner
Dear Essay readers: In the fall of 2016 an SA member in Helsinki asked, “Why do we need to pay for the electronic copy of Essay?” The answer to his question begins with this issue of Essay: the electronic version of Essay is now available on the sa.org/essay website! This also fulfills the oft repeated desire of Roy K., our founder, to have Essay be available for free to any sexaholic who desires to read it.
Humor For SA
Heard from a chronic slipper at a meeting: “I always prided myself on how humble I was.”
A Retreat With SA in Toronto, Canada
I helped lead some sessions at a retreat with the Toronto, Canada group in May. It was a great time in a retreat center about 100 miles north of Toronto. Saw some old friends and made lots of new ones.
SA in the World
Representatives of SA in Singapore and South Korea joined a meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Service Board (ANZSB) for a teleconference last Saturday, April 1st. ANZSB has asked SA’s Regional Alignment Committee (RAC) about the requirements for becoming a new SA Region.
Australia Convention Request
Our group is planning a “Woodstock of SA” event to happen in Australia. The plan is to have international guest speakers present to talk on each Step of the 12 Steps.
Step Four Changes Me
When I was working Step Four with my sponsor, he suggested that I pick one person, institution, or principle at a time and write up an inventory to share with him specifically about that one person. It was a lot of hard but very good work that resulted in a significant change in how I see myself in relation to others and God.
The Program Works if You Work It
Ever since I was a very young boy, I was sexually abused by all of the other boys in my large extended family. One of the earliest memories of my childhood was during the wartime era in my country. I remember waking up in my mother’s arms because of the sound of heavy explosions, which broke all our windows.
In Memoriam: Kent M.
Just over a year ago on May 9, 2016, a Norwalk, California home group member Kent M. died. We remember Kent in light of our experience of his witness to recovery.
