Magazine - The ESSAY Magazine

APRIL 2026

“Taking actions to survive may be the driving force to work the Program of SA. It may even work, for a time. At some point, however, there is a deep decision, in Step Three, “to turn our lives and will over to the care of God…” It is this shift in purpose that allows us to look for and seize the opportunities that God provides for us to join him in his work for mankind. That work is in helping him care for others through acts of sincere, selfless kindness. That work becomes a practice, a way of life where not only acts of service are present, but the entire person is present with God in those moments: body, mind, and spirit."

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The Role God Has for Me
He stopped trying to obtain happiness his way and found it by living God’s way.

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The Butterfly, the Garden, and the Gardner
The Gardener of her soul prepared her to receive the garden of his presence, a Presence who is growing a new life that the butterfly of obsessive love could never give.

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Attraction to Actions of Love
Focusing his attentions on others in service became more attractive than his self-interest. Sobriety was not a possibility for me before starting the Program two and a half years ago

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A Vision Of Kindness
Only God’s power can remove the blindness of self-centeredness and enlighten the eyes of service.

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To Trudge Along with Them
Positive sobriety was not possible for him without positive steps and real connection with others.

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A Lifestyle of Positive Sobriety
Connecting with a Higher Power by living in the solution, the 12 Steps, empowers her to serve other addicts, including those in the Service Structure.

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A Mixture of Emotions
A Journey of 90 Meetings in 90 Days Attending solution-focused meetings and working on his first step inventory gave him different feelings and helped him better see the depths of his addiction.

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The Law of Love
In living a life of selfless giving, he finds his needs, joy, and serenity supplied. I've had several conversations over the last 24 hours about Step One. It seems to me that everything, right down to the core of my being, resisted admitting my powerlessness.

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Right Between the Eyes
A life-changing condition forced this member to embrace self-care and God’s peace more fully, giving her more to offer others.

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A Road to True Happiness
She often forgets that being happy happens on the inside and not on the outside. I often tell newcomers, so they know it is part of the process, that it is okay to feel the pain of quitting lust. I also tell them that it is not me who stopped or quit lust.

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