Friday Nov 08, 2024
ESSAY October 2024 - Our Meeting in Print - Arturo G.
ESSAY Magazine (An International Journal of Sexaholics Anonymous)
The mission of ESSAY is to serve as a source of information, experience, strength and hope to sexaholics, both inside and outside the rooms of Sexaholics Anonymous. Our vision is to provide a high-quality “meeting in print” that gathers together members from around the world. It can serve as a portable “extra meeting” especially for loners and for members who don’t have access to many meetings. In addition, Essay serves as an outreach tool to carry the message to those who have not yet found SA. We strive to include a mix of stories and shares from a wide variety of members, including men and women, prisoners, and international members. In addition, ESSAY provides Fellowship announcements and information on subjects such as new meetings, Fellowship events, and our service structure. We hope that all of the articles we publish will offer useful information and provide experience, strength, and hope to all who suffer from the disease of sexaholism. Fellowship actvities such as international conventions, regional events and local events appear in the Calendar section. Each issue has a theme and various sections to share sexaholic stories and practical tools. In addition to letters and group news, ESSAY offers short, edited articles written by members about recovery and our solution. The Practical Recovery Tools section features members sharing on the topic, “Exactly how I did it.” Submissions may also include meditations, poetry, and humor. ESSAY is guided by the principles of the Twelve Steps, Twelve Traditions and Twelve Concepts. Each issue contains the following statement:
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Thursday Oct 17, 2024
Thursday Oct 17, 2024
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.
Thursday Oct 17, 2024
Thursday Oct 17, 2024
Fin dall'inizio del mio percorso in SA sapevo che il nostro fondatore, Roy K., aveva scritto Sexaholics Anonymous (il “Libro Bianco”) e in seguito ho saputo che aveva scritto anche Recovery Continues, Discovering the Principles e diversi opuscoli di SA. Tuttavia, per molti anni mi sono chiesto chi scrivesse tutto il resto della nostra meravigliosa letteratura su SA e chi e cosa fosse coinvolto nel processo di pubblicazione. Poi si è presentata l'opportunità di svolgere un servizio internazionale e mi sono offerto volontario per entrare a far parte del Comitato per la letteratura.
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
In the beginning of the war, I was having another difficult night. I didn't sleep well. I was lying (trying to sleep) in my common hall on the cold floor. Many cruise missiles were at that night over my country. After sleeping just for a few hours, I woke up and was extremely tired in the morning; realizing that somehow I survived, while other people might have some injuries or even could have died.
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
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.
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
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.
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
לפני זמן מה, חברה בקבוצת הבית שלי עברה תקופה קשה ותהיתי למה אלוהים נותן לזה לקרות. זה הזכיר לי משהו שקרה לי לפני כשנתיים
אחותי נפלה במדרגות בזמן שהחזיקה את אלי, הבת שלה. לאחותי לא קרה כלום, אבל האחיינית שלי, שהייתה אז בקושי בת שנה, שברה את הרגל והייתה צריכה להיות עם גבס כמה שבועות. אחר כך אחותי חלתה בקורונה, ובזמן שהמשפחה הייתה בבידוד, היו צריכים לארגן לי אישור מיוחד כדי שאוכל לקחת את אלי לבית החולים שיסירו לה את הגבס
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
הצעד ה-12 מזכיר לנו להעביר את המסר של SA למכורים למין ברחבי העולם. כלי חשוב עבור ההחלמה שלי הוא לתת שירות בוועדות, כמו ועדת התרגום של .SA מאז 2020, אני משמש כמקשר בין הרמה העולמית לבין אלו שמתרגמים חומרים לספרדית ופורטוגזית
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
כבר בתחילת המסע שלי ב-SA ידעתי שהמייסד שלנו, רוי ק., כתב את הספר "מכורים למין אנונימיים" ("הספר הלבן"). לאחר מכן למדתי שהוא גם כתב את "ההחלמה מתמשכת", "גילוי העקרונות" וכמה עלונים של SA. עם זאת, במשך שנים תהיתי מי כותב את כל יתר הספרות הנהדרת של SA ומה כרוך בתהליך ההוצאה לאור. ואז, כשנקרתה בפני ההזדמנות ללתת שירות ברמה בינלאומית, התנדבתי להצטרף לוועדת הספרות