Group News
We are hoping one of us can come in December. Our thoughts, hopes, and prayers are with you! We have added a second meeting night, once a month…and hope to continue to grow—slow but sure!
Group News
Our group in Wichita is really growing. We have three meetings a week now! With 10-20 at each meeting! We’re not very sober yet, but our group seems strong. I hear no rationalizing that one form of acting out is okay… Everyone’s goal seems to be SA sobriety.
Group News
Our Lexington SA group has recently gone to a second meeting per week.… All the fellows in our group sincerely want sobriety and are earnestly striving for it.…
Possible Group Itinerary by Roy
Some groups have expressed the desire to meet with Roy K. if and when that becomes possible; in the following message, he asks for group response.
Convention Impressions
I benefitted immensely. I got enough courage to share what I had never been able to share in my home meeting.
Fellowship-wide Voting Procedure
Enclosed with this ESSAY is a document which is a first for SA—a proposed method for determining a fellowship-wide group conscience. This tells how every SA group will be involved in voting on matters affecting SA as a whole. This proposal must be ratified by the fellowship—that includes your group—before it can take effect.
Behind the Wall
Just an update on our group at the Medium Security Facility of the Kansas State Penitentiary [begun in May]. We have averaged 17 persons per meeting after two months, with a high of 22.
Group News
We are growing and need more books. This is wonderful, but also scary.… We are thankful that you are there to send us literature and strength.
The “Physical Factor”
I’ve been in this program over three years and still wonder why I still don’t feel entirely comfortable in a room full of men. Before becoming sexually sober, my obsession/compulsion included both heterosexual and homosexual urges. The former produced a great deal of guilt because of taking advantage of a younger sister and later in life taking advantage of women. The latter produced great emotional difficulties as well.
Loner Members
Contact with others in recovery is our lifeline.
