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:
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:
Episodes
Episodes



Jun 2, 2023
Jun 2, 2023
6 min
I recently celebrated my fifth sobriety anniversary in SA and I’ve never been grateful enough for that. I remember talking to an oldtimer after a meeting in my country. I was still new to SA. He had been in the program for eight years. I asked him what to do with my friends if I’m to stay sober. He told me that you can’t have relationships with friends from your old life because it’s dangerous and it might make you relapse.



Apr 18, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
4 min
My life in recovery is full of miracles today—the biggest of them is that I am recovering from this disease, this enslavement to lust, for which there is no cure. And another huge miracle is that I am grateful today; I used to be never grateful.



Apr 15, 2023
Apr 15, 2023
8 min
I did not quit, I surrendered. I began my journey in this program when a friend from Al-Anon told me I was a sexaholic. To prove her wrong, I agreed to go to six SA meetings. During those six meetings I slowly came to admit that I was a sexaholic. At the beginning I made no eye contact with other members and I did not share. There were six other SA women at my first home group meeting. We went to two meetings a week as a group, which helped me to connect with the program and then I started to share.



Apr 15, 2023
Apr 15, 2023
4 min
At first I thought that the term, “sobriety”, didn’t fit with what I thought a sexaholic was because I had no experience with alcoholism. But when I came into these rooms eight years ago I learned that sobriety was difficult to obtain because it was about my state of mind and what I might do with it if I didn’t get spiritually fit.



Apr 10, 2023
Apr 10, 2023
4 min
ב-21 במרץ 2011, 48 שעות לפני שהגעתי לתכנית, הייתי מפוכח במשך שבועיים. באותו יום הייתי משוכנע שלעולם לא אפעל שוב על ההתמכרות שלי. הבעיה היחידה היא שכבר אלף פעם לפני כן הייתי משוכנע בכך בכמעט 25 השנים האחרונות



Apr 10, 2023
Apr 10, 2023
4 min
שלום לכולם, שמי פאט ואני סקסוהוליסט. אני מאוד מאוד אסיר תודה היום על ההחלמה המתמשכת שלי מהתאווה. עברתי דרך ארוכה. אני הגעתי ונחשפתי לתוכנית בזמן שהתגוררתי בעיירה באמצע האי הצפוני של ניו זילנד, במהלך נובמבר 2016 ולאחר שהייתי מודע יותר ויותר לכך שאני מאבד שליטה והתאווה משתלטת על חיי. במהלך בולמוס שנמשך לאורך כל ליל שבת בשתיית אלכוהול שהצית את התאווה שלי, התחברתי לאינטרנט ושוחחתי עם נשים בצ'ט. אני רציתי להשתמש אבל הייתי כל כך שיכור שלא הצלחתי להבין איך אני יכול להגיע למצב שאני יכול להכיר מישהו. ממש ברכה בתחפושת.



Apr 10, 2023
Apr 10, 2023
6 min
בשנת 2008. עד לאותה נקודה, חיי היו רצף של אוננות כפייתית, פורנוגרפיה, מציצנות, אקסיביציוניזם ואינספור SAהגעתי ל- קשרים מוסתרים או סטוצים עם גברים אחרים. החוויה היחידה של קשר אנושי הייתה מערכת יחסים פוגענית של מעל ל-20 .שנה עם גבר אלכוהוליסט



Apr 10, 2023
Apr 10, 2023
3 min
חיי בהחלמה מלאים בניסים כיום, הגדול שבהם הוא זה שאני מחלימה מהמחלה הזו, השיעבוד לתאווה, שהיא מחלה חשוכת מרפא. נס גדול נוסף הוא זה שכיום אני אסירת תודה, דבר שלא הייתי מעולם.החלמתי בSA החלה עם קבלתה של הגדרת הנקיון של SA. בשבילי ההגדרה היא ברורה וחד משמעית.היא כמו מראה שדרכה אני יכולה לראות ולאמוד את ההתקדמות הרוחנית שלי






