Voices of Recovery
December 15
Shame is a common experience for sex addicts. It is the feeling that we are never good enough, that there is something wrong with us, that we are bad people….
December 18
For most of us, those moments of acceptance, however or whenever they occurred, were followed by periods of doubt and denial….
December 19
We would use sexual fantasy to deal with emotions and situations that we didn’t want to face….
December 20
Step Two offers hope that sanity is possible, and at the same time it implies that, in our addiction, we were insane….
December 21
We can also work the Tenth Step by checking in regularly with our sponsor or other members, or by giving a thorough and rigorous accounting of ourselves at meetings….
December 22
Belief in a Higher Power can be difficult for many of us in SAA who come to the program with a faith that was damaged in one way or another….
December 23
In order to stay sober, I needed to make sure that, one day at a time, acting out was not an option….
December 24
We can start to open ourselves to this idea by considering the forces that are clearly more powerful than we are, such as nature, society, or even our addiction. When we recognize that our own power is limited, we can more readily acknowledge the possibility of a Higher Power….