Saturday Jun 14, 2025
ESSAY June 2025 - What’s Going On in SA - Jeff from Maine, USA, IT Committee Chair
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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Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
For this June 2025 edition we welcome our newest amateur
illustrator An. She has created this issue's Best Caption Contest
Cartoon with August's theme: "Happy, Joyous, and ... Single."
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
It never seems to get old, even though I’ve been driving to these regional conferences now for over a quarter century. I’m just appreciating these special times all the more since they were interrupted for a couple of years by the pandemic.
This was the first year in quite a few years that I had not volunteered for anything at a retreat. That felt disappointing for a moment, knowing how important service is to the Fellowship and for my own sobriety and growth, but then I let it go and decided to relax into the program and accept the service of my trusted friends. How many times over the years, after all, had my sponsor reminded me that my sober presence is, itself, being of service to others.
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
My name is Kathie S., of the Exeter, Devon, England, SA group. The next county to Devon is Cornwall, including one of the smallest SA groups in the country: the Truro group. This dedicated group has hosted again this year one of the most awesome events on my calendar: the Truro Recovery Day (which was in early April 2025). Truro is a Cathedral city, accessible by railway and by main roads.
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
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On March 10, 2022, Assiut Room held its first face-to-face meeting, thanks to our fellow Ahmed M., who was a wonderful tool used by God to start this blessed journey.
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
I am pleased and grateful to share with the Fellowship that there is now a second Sexaholics Anonymous meeting in Manassas, Virginia! While our original meeting has been running strong since 1997, we are excited to announce the launch of the Tuesday Night Manassas SA Group.
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Our next edition’s theme is “Happy, Joyous, and… Single.” We look forward to exploring the joys of recovery while single. Is that even possible? Absolutely. Numerous members who are single for some time or for the rest of their lives live “happy, joyous, and free.” However, ESSAY is your magazine and it is your experience, strength, and hope that carries the message of recovery to the still suffering sexaholic. Please consider sharing your experience with the fellowship by submitting an article to essay@sa.org.
Saturday Jun 14, 2025
Saturday Jun 14, 2025