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Use Your Talents to Help Others

Whether you are a newcomer to SA or a long-time subscriber, learn more about how you can contribute.

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The ESSAY Recovery Game!

The ESSAY Recovery Game is a fun recovery game played in teams of 5 members for 28 or 56 days.

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We Are Not a Glum Lot!

Eventually, this other guy comes along, sees the man in the hole, and jumps in!

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Help Us build the website

We aspire to build an innovative and multilingual website.

Fun in Recovery

FUN IN RECOVERY

Enjoy colorful and incredible pics from members from all over the SA world.

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The Journey in Poetry

In sobriety, some members write very inspiring recovery poems about their new life.

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SUBMIT TO ESSAY

We’d love to hear your story, listen to your joke, or see your art. Click below to read our Submission Guidelines.

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Carry The Message

The ESSAY is a great Twelfth Step tool!

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The Program in Cartoons

Cartoons are a great way to share the message in a visual, gripping way!

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Memes of Recovery Themes

Memes are a recent art form, typically spread around by internet users. Here they are used with recovery messages!

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Recovery Songs

Recovery songs by recovery friends for recovery friends!

Take Part In Art

Recovery art from members from all over the planet!

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ESSAY PODCAST

Our bimonthly podcast series, ‘ESSAY Conversations: Beyond the Page,’ features interviews with article authors and other contributors to the magazine.

SA MEETINGS CAN BE HELD JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE …

Click on the photos to see their names and locations. Submit photos of your meeting space to help share your group’s journey.

Clark Valley SA meeting room, Lewiston, Idaho

group gratitude, Rivas, Madrid

Grup de lunes y viernes, Blibao, Spain

Monday meeting, Hamburg, Germany

Thursday meeting, Vilnius

Group _Serenity_, Moscow, Russia

Tyler Texas New Meeting Room

Tottenham meeting, London, UK
Tottenham meeting, London, UK

Tottenham meeting, London, UK

Baton Rouge meeting, Louisiana, USA

Cardiff, UK meeting

English-speaking meeting, Yerevan, Armenia copy

Sunday meeting, Jena, Germany

Sunday meeting, Jena, Germany

Vienna, Austria, Wed meeting

Cedarhurst Clubhouse, Cedarhurst, USA

Cedarhurst Clubhouse, Cedarhurst, USA

Sunday group, McLean, Virginia, everyone has a sponosr and is sponsoring and involved in SA seervice work

Isaac L. Marlee meeting, Toronto, Canada
Isaac L. Marlee meeting, Toronto, Canada

Isaac L. Marlee meeting, Toronto, Canada

Grupo de lunes y viernes, Bilbao, Spain

Grupo de lunes y viernes, Bilbao, Spain

Al-Tahrir meeting room, Cairo, Egypt

Al-Tahrir meeting room, Cairo, Egypt

Clean Soul group, Tehran, Iran, snowball fight after the meeting

Clean Soul group, Tehran, Iran, snowball fight after the meeting

Kamppi meeting room, Helsinki, Finland

Kamppi meeting room, Helsinki, Finland

Vienna Wednesday meeting, Austria

Heliopolis meeting room, Cairo, Egypt

Heliopolis meeting room, Cairo, Egypt

Laguna Hills, CA, USA
Laguna Hills, CA, USA

Laguna Hills, CA, USA

SA Taipei, Holy Family Church, Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan
SA Taipei, Holy Family Church, Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan

SA Taipei, Holy Family Church, Daan District, Taipei, Taiwan

Vincentini meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia
Vincentini meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia

Vincentini meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia

Grupo Psicosis, Alicante & Murcia, Spain Medium

Grupo Psicosis, Alicante & Murcia, Spain

Monday and Friday meeting, Bochum, Germany

Three Legacies group, Katamon, Jerusalem; Israel

Three Legacies group, Katamon, Jerusalem; Israel

Tuesday meeting, American Fork, Utah, USA

Tuesday meeting, American Fork, Utah, USA

First meeting Plaza de Armas, Piura, Peru copy

First meeting Plaza de Armas, Piura, Peru

Meeting Room, Sommerville, Tennessee, USA

Meeting entrance, Lincoln, Nebraska

Safe Port group, Bogota, Colombia

Safe Port group, Bogota, Colombia

Beige Portable Meeting Place, Nashville, TN, USA

Beige Portable Meeting Place, Nashville, TN, USA

Dubai meeting room, Dubai, UAE

Meeting Room, Bonn, Germany

Meeting Room, Bonn, Germany

Thursday meeting, Havana, Cuba

Thursday meeting, Havana, Cuba

Heliopolis meeting room, Cairo, Egypt

Heliopolis meeting room, Cairo, Egypt

Monday Men-Only Meeting, Bangalore, India

SA Clubhouse in Howell, New Jersey, USA

SA Clubhouse in Howell, New Jersey, USA

North Toms River Fellowship, NJ, USA

North Toms River Fellowship, NJ, USA

Public Information gathering, Mumbai, India

Thursday Meeting, Ramat Gan, Israel

Thursday Meeting, Ramat Gan, Israel

Thursday Meeting, Ramat Gan, Israel

Dekalb Meeting, Illinois, USA

Dekalb Meeting, Illinois, USA

Denton Meeting at Methodist Chruch, Denton, Texas, USA

Denton Meeting at Methodist Chruch, Denton, Texas, USA

Łódź Meeting, Łódź, Poland

Łódź Meeting, Łódź, Poland

North Toms River, New Jersey, USA

North Toms River, New Jersey, USA

Alexandria group, Alexandria, Egypt

Alexandria group, Alexandria, Egypt

Bonner Gruppe, (since 1984!!) Bonn, Germany

Bonner Gruppe, (since 1984!!) Bonn, Germany

Harrisburgh Group; Harrisburgh, PA, USA

Harrisburgh Group; Harrisburgh, PA, USA

Meeting Room; Lviv, Ukraine

Meeting Room; Lviv, Ukraine

Monday Noon Meeting, Akron, Ohio, USA

Monday Noon Meeting, Akron, Ohio, USA

Sunday McLean, Virginia (USA) Group meeting room

Sunday McLean, Virginia (USA) Group meeting room

English-speaking Meeting, Brussels, Belgium 2

English-speaking Meeting, Brussels, Belgium

First English-speaking meeting, Safed, Israel

First English-speaking meeting, Safed, Israel

Better living Center Maxwell Church meeting, Nairobi, Kenya

Better living Center Maxwell Church meeting, Nairobi, Kenya

Brussel Tuesday meeting

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