Grieving In Recovery
Hasta que solo quedemos Dios y yo Comencé este programa de 12 Pasos desde lo más bajo después de cometer adulterio. Lo único que quedaba de mí era decir: “Conozco una solución. Me voy a suicidar, y luego culparé a todos los demás. Todo es culpa de ellos.”
Coquetear era una droga para mí Sylvia J. (con seis años de sobriedad en SA) con el título original de 1989. Reimpreso en Historias de miembros 2007, pp. 120-123 (edición en inglés) con el título «La única forma que conocía»
En mi memoria, la expresión Cielos ("good grief" en Inglés) era un improperio común de los personajes de dibujos animados de Carlitos (o Charlie Brown). Durante gran parte de mi vida, utilicé ¡Cielos! para expresar asombro, consternación y frustración, sin considerar nunca la verdad más profunda escondida dentro del eufemismo. Antes de entrar al programa de SA (21/10/1998), vivía con una acumulación de dolor congelado. Solo después de un par de viajes a través de los pasos comencé a comprender y aceptar los beneficios del duelo. Me di cuenta de que atravesar el dolor era sanador y bueno para mí.
Sylvia formó parte de la primera etapa de Sexólicos Anónimos (SA) y fue una figura fundamental en el desarrollo de la estructura de servicio actual de SA.
Our next edition’s theme is “Happy, Joyous, and… Single.” We look forward to exploring the joys of recovery while single. Is that even possible? Absolutely. Numerous members who are single for some time or for the rest of their lives live “happy, joyous, and free.” However, ESSAY is your magazine and it is your experience, strength, and hope that carries the message of recovery to the still suffering sexaholic. Please consider sharing your experience with the fellowship by submitting an article to essay@sa.org.
Sponsorship in Prison My name is Blue, and I am an incarcerated person serving a life sentence in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for the crimes of sexual assault. This is the bad news. The good news is that coming to prison was the best thing that could have happened for me, because it forced me to take an honest look at myself and what I needed to do to transform and be healed.
Have you sought support to help you find the good in grief? Jack’s in-depth article describes how unprocessed grief can greatly contribute to the addictive process. He explains how support in SA, especially from an understanding sponsor, helped him discuss the losses in his life and cultivate gratitude.
Dear ESSAY, Thank you for this topic on Grieving In Recovery. It has helped me reflect on how I cope with grief since being in recovery, compared to before.
SA has a set of Trustee Committees (see Concept 11) that provide advice and perform tasks on behalf of the Trustees. The Information Technology (IT) Committee is commissioned to develop and maintain the sa.org website. This website is often the first contact newcomers have with our fellowship and serves as a hub for providing information, literature, and services to all SA members. We would like to keep it in tip-top shape.
While every ESSAY edition is special, carefully thought out, and filled with SA recovery, we would like to describe this edition as unique. The Fellowship has had many losses in the past year. Some experienced loss in recovery for the first time. Can the Twelve Steps and the Fellowship of SA aid those grieving?
