SA Stories

Washing The Dishes

My first meeting in SA was in Jacksonville, FL Monday night at 7 p.m. I was more of an outsider looking in at that time. I would come in, say a few words maybe, and mostly keep to myself. I saw people successfully working a program and doing what was suggested to them by their sponsors and in the literature.

By |2024-06-07T12:46:00-05:00February 12, 2019|Comments Off on Washing The Dishes

My Story – I Know I Will Be Okay

I grew up as a kid in San Diego. My parents fought a lot. When I was seven years old my mother committed suicide. I became afraid, lonely and isolated. After my mother’s death I started going to religious services with my father. He became very involved with religion and I absorbed what I could. I felt so uncomfortable in my skin. I wanted badly to fit in.

By |2024-04-21T15:00:35-05:00December 16, 2018|Comments Off on My Story – I Know I Will Be Okay

Aggressive Pursuit

I have been going through a rough patch in my recovery. For the last few weeks and months I have been coasting. Today is 501 days of sobriety. That is 1 year, 4 months and 2 weeks of sobriety. When I walked back into these rooms I was on fire. I had to stay sober. My life depended on it. As I gained sobriety life was getting better. My wife started to like me again.

By |2024-04-21T15:00:31-05:00December 16, 2018|Comments Off on Aggressive Pursuit

Seven Practices That Work for Me

1. Each morning I look at the sign over my bed that says “Good Morning. This is God. I will be handling all your problems today; I will not need your help. So, relax and enjoy the day.” It reminds me that I am his child whom he loves, regardless of what I have done or not done.

By |2024-04-21T15:00:26-05:00December 16, 2018|Comments Off on Seven Practices That Work for Me

Keeping Away From The Edge

I used to rock climb. I mean the big mountains, like the Grand Teton in Wyoming, 13,775 feet tall. These experiences taught me some valuable lessons. When I climbed the big mountains, I never climbed alone; I was always roped together with a friend as we climbed over dangerous areas. Can I apply this lesson to my lust addiction? You bet.

By |2024-04-21T15:02:42-05:00October 17, 2018|Comments Off on Keeping Away From The Edge

Emotional Sobriety

Throughout my life I used food, alcohol, drugs, relationships, sex, work, and achievements to fill up a gaping hole inside which never seemed satisfied. I had an insatiable need for recognition from people. I viewed everything through a prism of me, self-obsession to the nth degree.

By |2024-08-25T14:21:17-05:00October 17, 2018|Comments Off on Emotional Sobriety

A New Vision

Two weeks ago I had cataract surgery in my right eye. It was easy and painless, and I recommend it. The additional benefit was that it changed my way of looking at things. All I have to do right now to see the change is to close my right eye and look at the world…dark, blurry and yellow-tinged. This is my old way of seeing things. Then I close my old eye and look at the world through my corrected lens…light, clear and sharp.

By |2024-04-21T15:04:57-05:00August 18, 2018|Comments Off on A New Vision

My Self-Pity And Me

My name is Martin and I am a sexaholic from Berlin, Germany, sober since August 2014 thanks to my Higher Power and the Fellowship. I want to share about my first year in sobriety.

By |2024-04-21T15:04:53-05:00August 18, 2018|Comments Off on My Self-Pity And Me

Free As a Bird

As a young man, he experienced the bondage of lust. Even becoming a priest didn’t solve the problem. But he came to SA, and found a new freedom when he got sober at the age of seventy.

By |2024-05-10T12:22:36-05:00May 19, 2018|Comments Off on Free As a Bird

True Surrender

I just finished a two-hour working session with a sponsee at a coffee shop. We were upstairs, mainly deserted, only one couple at the far end, who looked like they were down on their luck. I used the restroom and headed out when I noticed the gentleman that was upstairs coming down the stairs. I realized I had left my brand new cell phone on the sofa that he had just passed. I went and checked and it was gone.

By |2024-04-22T13:23:17-05:00May 19, 2018|Comments Off on True Surrender