When I came to SA at the beginning of January 2021, started working the Steps, and got to know my Higher Power, I thought life would no longer be difficult. As long as we are sober and with God, it can only be good, right?
أنا محظوظ جدًا لوجود معالج خبير في حياتي، وهو رجل في عمري وقد طبق شخصيًا الخطوات الاثنتي عشرة على مشاكله الإدمانية؛ وهو يدعم برامج الخطوات الـ12 بشكل كامل. لقد وجدت هذا النوع من المساعدة المهنية الخارجية مكملاً إيجابيًا جدًا لتعافيَّ في مجموعة (س. م).
Мне очень повезло, что у меня есть опытный психотерапевт, мужчина моего возраста, который тоже прошёл 12 Шагов для решения своих проблем с зависимостью; он полностью поддерживает 12-ти шаговые программы. Я считаю, что такая профессиональная помощь стала очень полезным дополнением к моему выздоровлению по программе АС.
Sono molto fortunato ad avere un terapeuta esperto, un uomo della mia stessa età, che ha anche personalmente lavorato i 12 Passi per affrontare i suoi problemi di dipendenza; sostiene pienamente i programmi dei 12 Passi. Ho trovato questo tipo di aiuto professionale esterno un complemento molto positivo al mio percorso di recupero in SA.
Ich bin sehr glücklich, einen erfahrenen Therapeuten zu haben, ein Mann in meinem Alter, der die 12 Schritte auch persönlich für seine eigenen Suchtprobleme bearbeitet hat; er unterstützt 12-Schritte-Programme gründlich. Ich habe festgestellt, dass diese Art von externer professioneller Hilfe eine sehr positive Ergänzung zu meiner Genesung in AS ist.
J'ai la chance d'avoir un thérapeute expérimenté qui a mon âge et qui a également suivi les 12 Étapes pour ses propres problèmes de dépendance ; il soutient pleinement les programmes en 12 Étapes. J'ai trouvé que ce type d'aide professionnelle extérieure était un complément très positif à mon rétablissement en SA.
Tengo mucha suerte de contar con un terapeuta experimentado que es un hombre de mi edad y que también ha trabajado personalmente los 12 Pasos para sus propios problemas de adicción; apoya totalmente los programas de 12 Pasos. He descubierto que este tipo de ayuda profesional externa es un complemento muy positivo para mi recuperación en SA.
As this headline suggests, I have lived through the deaths of my large childhood extended family, where I lived and thrived. Then, in midlife, my beloved husband died tragically. My circle shrank to my parents and grandmother, but in 2020, my cherished father and grandmother both died in lockdown, with all the severe trauma that involved at the time. Even my former acting-out partner will be dead by now.
"Have you worked the Steps on this issue?" Sylvia asked me that question regularly when she was my sponsor. The question stays in my head, and it comes to the surface when my Higher Power knows I need help. Seven women received many wise suggestions from Sylvia as our sponsor or as our friend. We united in our grief to have an online memorial, a memorial on Zoom, and a memorial published in the June ESSAY magazine. Sylvia passed away in October 2024. One of the women interviewed me and Sylvia's former sponsees and friends to paint a picture of her gifts of experience, strength, and hope.
I have a lifetime of tears that are trapped like an ocean, deep within the inside of me, The pain and the fears, and a lingering notion that one day they'll all be set free. But for now, as new tears are gathered and added deep behind an impenetrable wall, The pressure increases as the stability decreases, awaiting the eventual fall.
