Voices of Recovery
June 7
The response of any particular person, positive or negative, is not a measure of how well we make our amends. The success of our amends depends only on how honestly and thoroughly we make them….
June 8
But if we can honestly face our problems and are willing to change, the Twelve Steps of SAA will lead to an awakening that allows us to live a new way of life according to spiritual principles….
June 9
What is important is that we get honest about our addiction, and let go of the idea of controlling our behavior with our willpower or managing our lives without help….
June 10
Asking for help releases us from the toxic isolation that drives our addiction….
June 11
We learn not to use half-truths to manipulate others. We accept responsibility for our actions and our lives….
June 12
Taking the Third Step means acting on our belief that a Higher Power can relieve our addiction and restore us to sanity….
June 13
We learn many new solutions to old problems. Central to these are the Twelve Steps, a spiritual program of recovery. Following these steps leads to freedom from addictive sexual behaviors and to the healing of our minds, bodies, spirits, relationships, and sexuality….
June 14
And yet to let go of control, even a little, struck fear in many of our hearts….
June 15
One of the most dangerous aspects of our addiction is our inability to see it for what it is….
June 16
Working [Step Ten] allows us to let go of both perfectionism and grandiosity….