Women in SA

Sex and the Single Sexaholic

An article published in this year’s October issue titled, “The ESSAY Enhances Our Meetings,” was quite encouraging for single SA members. In that article, an SA sister recounted a frantic search which ensued after a fellow member referred her to an older ESSAY article that had a great impact on his recovery. Regrettably, he lost his only copy and couldn’t remember the title. The author of October’s piece, along with other sleuths in that meeting, did find the older article, which proved very valuable for those in their meeting.

By |2024-12-26T10:07:11-06:00December 20, 2024|Comments Off on Sex and the Single Sexaholic
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Progress in Dating

After finishing my Step Four harms inventory, I was very grateful to notice that each consecutive person that I dated after I got sober had fewer harms. There are still things left to work on, but my ability to have healthy relationships has improved since joining SA. I'd like to describe some of the progress that I saw in my inventory.

By |2024-12-26T10:07:26-06:00December 17, 2024|Comments Off on Progress in Dating
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Gott im Programm finden

Als ich im Herbst 2020 zu AS kam, habe ich zwar nicht mehr funktioniert, aber bereit, eine neue Richtung einzuschlagen. Das lag daran, dass ich so verzweifelt war. Meine langjährige Erfahrung bei den Anonymen Alkoholikern hatte mir zwar einige Vorteile gebracht, darunter unzählige Literatur-Meeting und eine gute Vertrautheit mit dem Blauen Buch und den Zwölf und Zwölf. Ich erinnerte mich sogar an einige Passagen, wie z. B. Seite 417 über Akzeptanz, die ich immer noch Wort für Wort aufsagen kann. Die Dinge, die ich auswendig gelernt habe, dienen mir immer noch als eine Art mentale Referenzbibliothek.

By |2024-10-17T18:06:10-05:00October 17, 2024|Comments Off on Gott im Programm finden
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The ESSAY Enhances Our Meetings

I’ve had the pleasure of attending quite a few SA meetings since 2020 when I first joined the Fellowship. In some of those meetings, we used ESSAY magazine articles in our literature rotation. I’m writing this to highlight how two articles from the ESSAY were very impactful in meetings I attended.

By |2024-11-08T14:25:26-06:00October 13, 2024|Comments Off on The ESSAY Enhances Our Meetings
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One Day At a Time

ESSAY talked with Nancy S. from Columbus, Ohio, USA. She has been sober since December 15, 2004. When she first encountered the Twelve Steps, she exclaimed, "What a great way to live!" Today, she has been sober in SA for almost twenty years, she’s actually living the Program like she said, and she’s an immense help to others in SA.

By |2024-12-12T11:39:41-06:00October 12, 2024|Comments Off on One Day At a Time
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It Works for Me If I Work It

I didn’t think I could ever get sober. But “God could and [did when I sought Him]” (AA 60), and He does for [me] what [I] could not do for [myself] (AA 84). The White Book assures me, "...we started sharing at meetings, telling our story, bringing the inside out. And we discovered that the way to feel better is not only going to meetings but taking the risk of self-disclosure” (SA 65). This is my story in addiction and in recovery.

By |2024-10-14T18:08:25-05:00October 12, 2024|Comments Off on It Works for Me If I Work It
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Dear ESSAY

Dear ESSAY, I wanted to share these photos of an unconventional meeting location. I am a grateful member of the Žilina SA group in Slovakia. One of our fellows was instructed by his sponsor to attend at least two physical meetings per week. He sometimes travels to distant members who don’t have nearby meetings.

By |2024-10-16T12:33:44-05:00October 12, 2024|Comments Off on Dear ESSAY
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Finding God in the Literature

When I joined SA in the autumn of 2020, I was broken but willing to take direction. That’s because I was so desperate. Many years of experience in AA did afford me some advantages, though, including countless book study meetings and a good familiarity with the Big Book and the Twelve and Twelve. I even remembered some passages, like page 417 about acceptance, which I could still recite word for word. The stuff I memorised still serves as a kind of mental reference library.

By |2024-11-08T14:22:32-06:00October 8, 2024|Comments Off on Finding God in the Literature
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