Group Changes Affiliation
[The following is from a letter dated January 21, 1991 from the Boulder, CO Monday Night Meeting. They expressed the wish that “any or all of this letter be published in Essay.”]
Group News
…Our chapter is doing quite well, with over 30 active members and a weekly attendance of at least 16-20. Everyone finds support, encouragement, and hope through these meetings and the literature you have made available…
Report on Sobriety Definition Survey
Roy K.’s 12 December 1990 letter to SA groups invited groups to respond to what he felt was SA’s interpretation of the sobriety definition:
Oklahoma City Says Thank You
To SA Everywhere, from SA Oklahoma City: How many ways can we say thank you for the conference? Or how do we love you for being there and being you? Let us count the ways.
German Newsletter
The November 1990 German SA Newsletter has been translated into English. Copies are available free from the Central Office. Many thanks to the generosity of Gregory A. of Niagara, NY, who did the translation.
Feedback Corner
Overheard at the Baltimore Convention: “I have to let others in to make room for myself.”
The Great SA Fallacy
Newcomer comes into the Program: Sees the light. Goes to meetings. Stops acting out. A change takes place, and he or she knows it. Something’s different. There’s a sense of impending joy. There’s recovery in the air, and they get caught up in it. Maybe there’s a way out after all! Starts talking the talk.
SA and Sexual Abuse
The following paper represents a first-attempt at dialogue on the issue of SA and sexual abuse. This paper, and cover letter, were sent from the SA Central Office to the Regina Committee on Sexual Abuse in Saskatchewan in July.
Member News
Looked at from the outside, nothing appears weirder than SA. When I first heard of it, I laughed out loud. When I heard they were against masturbation and sex before marriage, I just felt sorry for them. (Much like the way I felt at the references to God in the AA Big Book three years earlier.)
Member News
Thank you for your helpful response to the article appearing in “Regina Committee on Sexual Abuse.” Yesterday I met with “The Sexual Harassment” committee of the United Church of Canada Saskatchewan Conference. I met as a minister of the church although they also know of my connection with SA.
