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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Friday Aug 04, 2023
Friday Aug 04, 2023
Justo antes de llegar a SA, toqué un fondo personal. Por fuera, no era tan obvio que mi vida se había vuelto ingobernable. Todavía estaba casado, con hijos, tenía mi salud, un hogar, un trabajo y una comunidad. Pero por dentro estaba en mi hora más desesperada y oscura.
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
CONECTANDO CON UNA POTENCIA SUPERIORDos de las mejores herramientas en mi "kit de herramientas espirituales" para conectarme con la Inteligencia Divina (junto con trabajar los Pasos, asistir a reuniones, hablar con mi patrocinador y trabajar en el trabajo de servicio en la comunidad SA) son cantar y tocar (o escuchar) música. La música es una pasión de toda la vida para mí y un componente importante de mi recuperación.
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
En 2003, en mi antiguo grupo base en Filadelfia, desarrollamos una reunión de orientación para los recién llegados. Habíamos escrito a varios intergrupos de todo el mundo, preguntando si organizaban reuniones de orientación para los recién llegados. Muchos respondieron compartiendo sus orientaciones, y combinamos las ideas que recibimos para crear una que sentimos que funcionó mejor para nosotros. Nuestro objetivo era ayudar al recién llegado a sentirse lo más bienvenido posible y reducir cualquier temor que pudiera tener. Después de todo, les diríamos, por nuestra propia experiencia, que todos sabíamos que lo más difícil que pudieron haber hecho en su vida fue salir de su automóvil, cruzar ese estacionamiento y abrir la puerta para pedir ayuda.
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Soy parte del dúo que da la bienvenida a los recién llegados en un grupo de correo electrónico de SA llamado SA Net. SA Net actualmente tiene más de 1000 miembros donde la mayoría hace la transición para reunirse en Zoom, dejando muy pocos para participar activamente por correo electrónico. Soy una de esos pocos miembros y he encontrado una gran recuperación no solo al participar en SA Net sino también prestando servicio.
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
"Soy responsable.
Cuando cualquiera, en cualquier lugar
busca ayuda,
Quiero que la mano de SA esté siempre esté ahí. Y por eso: soy responsable". Manual de servicio de SA
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Just before I came to SA, I hit my personal rock bottom. On the outside, it was not so obvious that my life had become unmanageable. I was still married with children, had my health, a home, a job and a community. But inside I was at my most desperate and darkest hour.
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
CONNECTING WITH A HIGHER POWER
Two of the best tools in my “spiritual toolkit” for connecting with the Divine Intelligence (along with working the Steps, attending meetings, talking with my sponsor, and service work in the SA fellowship) are singing and playing (or listening to) music. Music is a lifelong passion for me and an important component of my recovery.
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Back around 2003, at my old home group in Philadelphia, we developed an orientation meeting for newcomers. We had written to a number of intergroups around the world, asking if they did orientation meetings for newcomers. Many wrote back sharing their orientations, and we combined ideas that we received in order to create one that we felt worked best for us. Our goal was to help the newcomer feel as welcome as possible and reduce any apprehension that he or she might have. After all, we would tell them, from our own experience, we were all well-aware that the hardest thing they may have ever done was to get out of their car, walk across that parking lot and open the door to ask for help.