Striving for Positive Sobriety
Practicing the 12 Step solution allows her to come into recovery and experience pain without numbing out.
A Road to True Happiness
She often forgets that being happy happens on the inside and not on the outside. I often tell newcomers, so they know it is part of the process, that it is okay to feel the pain of quitting lust. I also tell them that it is not me who stopped or quit lust.
Right Between the Eyes
A life-changing condition forced this member to embrace self-care and God’s peace more fully, giving her more to offer others.
The Law of Love
In living a life of selfless giving, he finds his needs, joy, and serenity supplied. I've had several conversations over the last 24 hours about Step One. It seems to me that everything, right down to the core of my being, resisted admitting my powerlessness.
A Mixture of Emotions
A Journey of 90 Meetings in 90 Days Attending solution-focused meetings and working on his first step inventory gave him different feelings and helped him better see the depths of his addiction.
SA CFC
For most of his life, he lived in a prison built with shame, secrets, and addiction. Working the Steps with an accountability partner in prison and with the help of his sponsor by phone, he connected with God.
Discussion Topic
In her article, "The Butterfly, the Garden, and the Gardener", this member shares how the butterfly of lust was always promising something beyond her grasp. Do you identify with lust promising something that it couldn't deliver?
Coming Next
Our next edition’s theme is “The Positive Sobriety.” Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of taking the steps creates a desire to carry the message of recovery to others still suffering. This desire replaces the desire for gratification at the expense of others.
What’s Going On in SA
The SA ICC walks an intergroup through the process of hosting an international convention that opens a channel for spiritual growth unique only found in service.
Dear ESSAY
Dear ESSAY, This is a letter written by one of the intergroup representatives to our regional assembly on the occasion of the death of our delegate, Antonio S., in January 2026.
