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July 13
We may see, for example, that our expectations of others have led to disappointment and resentment….
July 12
The Seventh Tradition ensures that every SAA group takes full responsibility for its own needs and expenses. As addicts, we were often all to ready to shirk responsibility and allow others to take care of us, clean up our messes, and attend to the necessities of life….
July 11
We learn to turn uncomfortable feelings about others into opportunities to practice keeping our focus on our own lives….
July 10
We have come to realize that both extremes represent symptoms of the same disease. Whether we were acting out or not being sexual at all, our addiction involved being emotionally unavailable….
July 9
As active sex addicts, we hid who we were and what we were doing—from others, but also from ourselves….
July 8
To work this step, we only need to be open-minded enough to try something new. For most of us, coming to believe is a gradual process. We don’t need to believe in any particular concept of a Higher Power in order to begin….
July 7
The middle circle can be seen as a safety net, allowing us to walk the tightrope of abstinence without having to fear that a false step would necessarily be disastrous….
July 6
In Step Three we listened closely for the still, quiet voice of our Higher Power, and learned to distinguish it from the din of our ego or the voice of our internal self-critic….