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I Can Only Keep What I Give Away—I Can Only Pass On What Was Given To Me

I went to meetings and tried to live in the Program. I got closer to God, talked “about” the Steps, called people up—and some things changed in my life—but I was still in control. Only after I came back from a four-month residential treatment program, when my current relationship fell apart, when I didn’t have a job anymore—when I was just confronted with myself and without my drug—only then could I finally surrender to the fact that I couldn’t manage my own life.

By Anonymous|2025-03-21T12:58:06-05:00September 20, 1995|Comments Off

Group News

It has been such a long time since I last sent a letter to our SA Central Office. I thank God today for the willingness and the courage to write.

By B.S.|2025-03-21T12:58:01-05:00September 20, 1995|Comments Off

Group News

In a ski-lodge on the side of a snow capped Mt. Kosciusko, Australia’s highest mountain, the first Australian SA Conference was held over the last weekend of April. … Members attended from Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, and Northern New South Wales. Greetings to the conference were received on tape from a loner in Brisbane and by letter from a member in prison.

By Meir|2025-03-25T12:27:41-05:00September 20, 1995|Comments Off

Group News

The Sunday West SA group of Portland, Oregon is alive and well. Our fellowship has around ten attendees on any given Sunday night.

By Meir|2025-03-25T11:53:59-05:00September 20, 1995|Comments Off

Feedback on Working Paper

The working paper has hit the nail on the head. Thank you for naming the problem. When I first came into SA, I came into a very strong group. The group was my sponsor as there were no women sponsors available in SA. I knew I could stay sober going to this group every week. I came into the fellowship in March 1989. I had wanted SA sobriety for a long time before I knew that there was a group with this sobriety.

By Meir|2025-03-25T12:25:19-05:00September 20, 1995|Comments Off

SACC

Here are a few of my own SACC and prison experiences I would like to share with you:

By M.F|2025-03-25T12:07:10-05:00June 21, 1995|Comments Off

What’s Going On in SA

COOC continues to receive advice and consultation on various tax and employment issues concerning employee vs. contractor status for former employees of the Central Office. The new accountant in Nashville has prepared the Annual Report for 1994, pending double checking of some figures. The accountant will file an extension on the 1994 tax return, Federal and California State.

By Meir|2025-03-25T12:07:16-05:00June 21, 1995|Comments Off

Feedback Corner

Regarding the article in the December 1994 Essay on raising/creating the Essay consciousness and ideas for offsetting the cost of Essay, in our group conscience, here are thoughts and ideas which came up:

By Meir|2025-03-25T12:07:22-05:00June 21, 1995|Comments Off

Editors’ Corner

You should have received a new and very important “working paper” from the SA Literature Committee titled “Practical Guidelines for Group Recovery” with the last issue of the Essay newsletter. This material has already proven very helpful in improving meeting quality, sponsorship, and in reversing the tide of slipping most groups experience.

By Meir|2025-03-25T12:13:29-05:00June 21, 1995|Comments Off

Are the Twelve Steps Meaningful Only to Individuals, or Do These Principles Also Apply to Our Fellowship?

Question: “How can SA as a fellowship work the Steps; I thought only individuals could do that?” Response: “The idea does sound kind of new and strange, doesn’t it? But let’s see what it might look like.”

By Roy K.|2025-11-17T11:43:45-06:00June 21, 1995|Comments Off

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