Anonymity
The Finance Committee is in the process of issuing the service committees call for their proposed 2019 budget requests. These proposed budget requests are due April 1, 2018. The 2018 proposed budget is planned to be presented to the GDA Delegates at their face-to-face meeting at the July 2018 Saint Louis convention.
The story above says the Fourth Dimension unites improbable recovering sexaholics. Is that your experience, too?
I would be disappointed to stop using the original SA logo [Essay, February 2018] with its rich history and symbolism.
Dear Essay readers: This issue of Essay includes many stories on Anonymity. The next issue in August will focus on the Twelve Traditions using the theme Relating with Others. Send in any stories or short articles on a Tradition that affects you. Let us hear from you at essay@sa.org!
Some SA Acronyms: ODAAT - One Day At A Time
We know you know these Slogans: “One Day At a Time” “First Things First” “Easy Does It” “Keep It Simple”
I’m River W., a sober SA woman from Kansas City, Missouri. My sobriety date is August 26, 2015.
In the early recovery stages, the pain of my addiction was excruciating. Today I want to pay it forward, as others did for me. I discovered 12 essential keys that have contributed to my personal recovery.
At a convention recently, the speaker had a powerful message about comfort and change. Change often feels unnatural. We always revert to what feels comfortable.
Thirty years ago in SA I had an awful experience working on my Fourth Step. I focused solely on my defects of character and acting out behaviors. As I wrote I reacted in shame and acted out sexually. I couldn’t connect with any hope that I could get well or notice the hand of God working in my life. I was worse off after completing my Fourth Step than I was before I started it!
