Sober Living, Sober Dying
ุฃูุง ุนุถู ูู ุณ.ุฌ.ู ูููุฏ ููุช ููุชุฑุฉ ุทูููุฉ ุฌูุฏู ุงุญุชูุงุท ูู ุฅุญุฏู ุฃูุซุฑ ุงูุฏูู ุญุฑูุจุง ุนูู ูุฐุง ุงููููุจ . ุบุงูุจูุง ู ุง ุฃุณุชููุธ ุจูุนู ุฅูุฐุงุฑุงุชุ ูุฃุญูุงููุง ุฃุฑู ุตูุงุฑูุฎ ูู ุงูุณู ุงุก. ููุฏ ูุชู ุฃุตุฏูุงุก ูู. ูู ุดูุก ู ุฎูู ูุบุฑูุจุ ุณูุฑูุงููุฉ.
ุงุณู ู ุฏูููุฏ ุ ุฃูุง ุณููุฑ ุฌูุณ. ูุจูุถู ููุชู ุงูุนุธู ูุ ูุฅู ุชุงุฑูุฎ ุฑุตุงูุชู ูู 2 ุฃุบุณุทุณ 1988 ุ ูุงูุฐู ูุง ูู ูููู ุฃุจุฏุง ุฃู ุฃููู ู ู ุชูุง ูู ุจู ุง ููู ุงูููุงูุฉ. ูุฐุง ุงููุถู ูุนูุฏ ุฅูู ููุชู ุงูุนุธู ู ุ ููุฐุง ุฃู ุฑ ู ุคูุฏ. ููุช ุฌุงูุณุง ุนูู ุงูุนุดุงุก ูููุช ุฃููุฑ ูู ู ุฑูุฑ ูุงุญุฏ ูุซูุงุซูู ุนุงู ุง ูุฎู ุณุฉ ุฃุดูุฑ ูุซู ุงููุฉ ุฃูุงู . ููู ูุงุญุฏ ู ู ูุฐู ูุงูุช ู ุนุฌุฒุฉู ุจุทุฑููุชูุง ุงูุฎุงุตุฉ. ููุฐุง ููููุง ู ู ุง ุฃูุฏ ู ุดุงุฑูุชู ุงููููุฉ. ููู ูู ุจุนุฏ ุณูุชู ุงูุฃููู ู ู ุงูุฑุตุงูุฉ ุฃู ุงูุฃู ุฑ ูุณุชู ุฑ ูู ุงูุชุญุณู. ููุงู ูุฐุง ูู ุงููุตู ุงูุจุณูุท ูุชุฌุฑุจุชู ูู ุณููุฑู ุงูุฌูุณ ุงูู ุฌููููู ุ ูุงูุชู ุชุณุชู ุฑ ูู ุงูุชุญุณู.
ืจืื ืงืื. ืืฆืื ืืช ืืื, ืืื ืฉืืืฉืจืื ืืื ื ืืืืืจืื ืฉืื ืขืืจื ืืืฆืื ืืจืื ืืืื ืืืื ื. ืจืื ื ืชื ืื ืชืงืืื, ืืืจ ืฉืืืืืชื ืืขืฉืืจ ืืคื ื ืฉืคืืฉืชื ืืืชื, ืจืื ืขืืจ ืื ืืืฆืื ืืช ื ืฉืืชื, ืืืฆืื ืืช ืืืฆืคืื ืฉืื, ืืืฆืื ืืช ืืื ืืฉืืืช ืฉืื, ืืืฆืื ืืช ืืจืืื ืืืช ืฉืื, ืืืืฆืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืืื ืฉืื.
ืฉื ื ืืืจืื ืืชืืงืื ืฉืืืืจื ืืช ื'ืก ื' ืืืืคื ืืืฉื, ืืฉืชืคืื ืืจืืืืื ืื ืฉื ืขืืื SA ืืืง ืืืืืืืชืืื ืืืืฉืืืช ืืืื ืืืจ ืื ืฉืขืืจืจ ืืฉืจืื ืจืื.
ื'ืื ืืื ืฉืืืง ืชืคืงืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืจืืฉืื ืื ืฉืื ืืืก ืืื. ืืืืชื ืืช ืืฉืืชืืคืื ืฉืื, ืฉืชืืื ืืื ืคืืชืื ืขื ืื, ืืืื. ืื ื ืืกืืจ ืชืืื ืืฉืจ ืืืืชื ืืฉืืชืืคืื ืืืืืช ืืืื ืืขื ืื ืืขืฆืื. ืชืืื ืขื ืืืืื ืืคื ืื, ืืื ืชืืื ืขืืจ ืื ืืืจืืืฉ ืื ืื ืืื ืกืื ืืื ืืืืืืื ืฉื ืืก ืืื. ืกืคืื ืกืจ ืฉืื ืืงืฃ ืืืืืชื ืฉื ื'ืื (ืฉืืื ืกืคืื ืกืจ ืฉืื, ืืืื ื ืกืื ืกืคืื ืกืจ ืฉืื) ืื ืฉื ืืืื ืืืืช ืืคืขืืืืช ืืืืขืืืืช ืืืืชืจ ืฉืื ืืืก ืืื: ืืืฉืจ ืืชื ืืืืชืจ ืขื ืชืืืื, ืื ืชืชืคืื ืืช ืืืืืชืืจ ืฉืื ืืชื ืื, ืืฉืืฃ ืืืชื ืืืืจ ืขื ืขืื ืืืจ ืืก ืืื.
ืืื ืืืืืจืื ืืจืืฉืื ืื ืฉื ืืขืืช ืืชื ืืืื ืืื ืจืื ืืก. ืืืืกืื, ืืจืืืื ื, ืฉืืื ืืืืจ ืืชืื ืืช ืื ืืฉื 'ืืืกืื ืจืื'. ืืื ืืชืืื ืืช ืชืื ืืช 'ืกืคืื ืกืจ ืืืืืจ' ืืืจืืืื ื ืืชืืืืง ืืืชื ืืขืฆืื ืืืฉื ื-7 ืฉื ืื. ืืื ืคืืชื ืคืืจืื ืืืฆืืจืช ืงืฉืจ ืขื ืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืฉืขืืืื ื ืืฆื ืืฉืืืืฉ ืืืื ืข"ื ืืืจื ืชืื ืืช ืฉืืืชืืื ืืืืจืื ืื ืฉืื ืืืื.
Have you ever wanted to be part of something transformative? Hereโs your chance to uplift fellow sexaholics still struggling in our meeting rooms. Weโre excited to announce the initial planning stages of an entirely new video series.
The program teaches us that we cannot keep what we do not give away. Step Twelve tells us that service is an integral part of recovery. There are many opportunities for service within the SA Service Structure. These opportunities are all described in the SA Service Manual, available for free download off our website sa.org. There are opportunities within your local home group, the intergroup that services your home group, the regional assembly that serves your intergroup. Lastly, at the international fellowship-wide level, there are opportunities at the General Delegate Assembly, the Board of Trustees, and their committees. As current chair of the Board of Trustees, Iโd like to focus on the Board of Trustees and our Committees and the opportunities for you, the SA Member, to serve.
I want to share six affirmations I created on an app called โI AM,โ that show on my phone screen throughout the day to a background of a setting sun at a beach. They help me to stay sober.
I entered SA in August 2017, having heard of it a year earlier. My first meeting was on a Saturday morning in the city of Ghent, Belgium, where I live. It was in a messy but cozy living room of a presbytery. SA had been very warmly welcomed there by the old local parish priest who gave us the room when approached by a fellow in 2014. This Saturday meeting has been my home meeting for the last 6 years.
