P.C. of St. Louis reports, “Four weeks ago I was introduced to SA. I frankly have found the program very beneficial and a source of strength. Although I am also a recovering alcoholic 5 1/2 years now since my last (hopefully) drink, I did not realize that SA was a disease like the alcoholic addiction.
SA Office Telephone. The SA office phone is now being answered during working hours. Nan, our non-sexaholic secretary, will be picking up the calls, unless she’s out getting the mail, etc. You can leave any messages with her without fear of jeopardizing your anonymity.
Jesse L. has made the suggestion that the writing and revision effort on the SA booklet should be frozen where it is, with the exception of going back to the original wording of the statement on sobriety and including the First Step Inventory.
Jesse L. has raised the question of going back to the previous wording of our sobriety statement on page 4 of the SA booklet. The revised statement currently reads:
We need stories from regular SA members with uninterrupted sobriety of one year or more according to our SA concept of sexual sobriety. This means no sexual experience with the self or others other than the spouse and progressive victory over lust for at least one year.
Seven pieces have been included with this newsletter for your perusal. Make whatever use of them you can, and if you care to, please comment.
The next Western Regional Convention—open to the whole fellowship, of course—is being hosted by the Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Vancouver, and Victoria groups and is slated for June 7, 8, and 9.
First off, Rick and Jeannette want to “thank everybody for making it possible.” And we want to thank you, Rick and Jeannette, and all the anonymous ones we don’t have names for who helped put it together and made it work. And we thank God for helping us all!
To Everyone in SA, Hi! And welcome to all the newcomers.
1. We need above all, right now, to be honest with ourselves as to where we really are today and where SA really is today. The same kind of honesty we need sharing in meetings, only at the group and national level. Let us not think more highly of ourselves than we ought to think.
