Monday Jun 13, 2022
ESSAY June 2022 - Sharing New Ways to Carry the Message - EMER
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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Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
طٌلب مني مؤخرًا كتابةُ مقال لمجلة "المقالة" عن الرصانة العاطفية. في البداية كان رد فعلي هو قول "لا". لقد أردت أن أقول لا لأنني شعرت ، في أعماقي ، أن معظم الناس في م.ج.م. يجدون صعوبة في الوصول إلى الرصانة العاطفية، لأنهم بالكاد يستطيعون الوصول إلى "الرصانة من الشهوة". ثم جاءني الإدراك أنه بدلا من قول لا، فإنني كنت بحاجة إلى مشاركة تجربتي وقوتي وأملي بطريقة مختلفة. كنت بحاجة إلى الكتابة عن الحواجز التي تحول دون الرصانة العاطفية والتي شهدتها في زمالتنا للسنوات الـ (۳۸) الماضية.
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
متذكرًا حياتي في عالم الشهوة ، ما زلت أشعر بالرعب واليأس - المشاعر التي كنت أعيشها كل يوم - قبل المجيء إلى البرنامج. لسنوات عديدة ، كان الإدمان على السلوكيات والأفكار الجنسية القهرية أكبر وأسوأ مشكلة في حياتي. حقيقةً لقد جعلت حياتي كارثة حقيقية. في بعض الليالي كان لدي أحلام بأنني سأعيش حياة سعيدة بدون هذه المشكلة ، ولكن في الصباح عندما أدركت أنه كان مجرد حلم ، شعرت بحزن كبير. لقد كانت حقيقة محزنة في حياتي و يبدو أنه لا يوجد علاج. وإذا حاولت قبول هذا ، أصبحت العواطف أكثر حدة مما يمكنني تحمله ، وكان علي تخديرها من خلال العودة إلى إدماني. لم أستطع تخيل أي شيء أسوأ من الجحيم الذي كنت أعيش فيه.
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
My name is Raphael S., and I’m a grateful, recovering sexaholic. I’ve been sober by the grace of God and the help of all of you in this program of SA since April 7th, 2019. My home group is Crystal City, Virginia, USA.
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Remembering my life in the lust world, I still feel terror and despair—the feelings which I had been living with everyday—before coming to the program. For many years, being addicted to compulsive sexual behaviors and thoughts was the biggest and worst problem in my life. A fact that made my life a real disaster. Some nights I had dreams that I would have a happy life without this problem, but in the morning when I realized that it was only a dream, I felt huge grief. It was a sad fact of my life for which there seemed to be no remedy. If I tried to accept this, the emotions became more severe than what I could tolerate, and I had to numb them by getting back to my addiction. I couldn't imagine anything worse than the hell I was living in.
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
I am Samar G. from Egypt. I am a sexaholic. My active addiction has a long history. I tried so many things in my life. My suffering started when I was young. I was abused by one of my relatives. I was in grade 3 or 4. I had no idea what he was doing. I felt that there was something wrong. I tried to escape from him. I was afraid to tell anyone about it, so I kept it down in my heart. This man was sneaky. I tried to avoid him as much as I could. That was how my addiction started. I knew nothing about sex or anything, but I started to masturbate early on when I was a kid. My mum caught me once, she started screaming at me and told my dad. They said that I have something which I shouldn't lose. They meant my virginity. My mum refused to answer my private questions telling me that it is shameful to talk about those things. I started to have my own resources to know, I started to know information from a friend of mine at first. I kept masturbating for many years without having good knowledge about anything. I masturbated because of the fake feelings of joy I had.
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
Wednesday Jun 08, 2022
A sexaholic’s life can be very difficult and stressful, especially when a full scale war is going on in my country. It’s so hard to keep sexually and emotionally sober. But it’s possible. So I created a few simple rules for myself, based on 12 step program spiritual principles.