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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Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Vor kurzem habe ich meinen fünften Trockenheitsgeburtstag in AS gefeiert, und dafür kann ich nie dankbar genug sein. Ich erinnere mich an ein Gespräch mit einem Oldtimer nach einem Meeting in meinem Heimatland. Ich war noch neu in AS. Er war schon seit acht Jahren im Programm. Ich fragte ihn, was ich mit meinen Freunden machen sollte, um nüchtern zu bleiben. Er sagte mir, dass man keine Beziehungen zu Freunden aus seinem alten Leben haben dürfe, weil das gefährlich sei und zu einem Rückfall führen könne.
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Ich bin wieder hierher zurückgekehrt. Ich habe diese Stadt vermisst. Es ist knapp ein Jahrzehnt her, dass ich hier war. Ich atme die Küstenluft ein. Die erfrischende Umarmung des Meeres vor mir und die hoch aufragenden Skylines und Berge dahinter.
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Reisen ist schon per se ein wunderbares Geschenk, das uns Gott bereitet hat, auch wenn es Menschen gibt, die es sich aus gesundheitlichen oder finanziellen Gründen leider nicht leisten können. Reisen erweitert den Horizont, inspiriert und macht uns mit neuen Orten, Personen und Ländern vertraut. Ganz egal ob ich mich erhole oder arbeite, das Reisen ist ein fixer Bestandteil meines Lebens. Und für dieses Geschenk bin ich Gott so dankbar! Aber warum brauche ich die Trockenheit, wenn ich auf Reisen bin?
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
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.
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
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.
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
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.
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
Saturday Apr 15, 2023
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.
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
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