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The S-Anews© Newsletter - Sample Stories
Here are
some stories from past issues of The S-Anews© that have been made
available online with the permission of S-Anon International
Family Groups. If these personal stories are beneficial to
you, please subscribe
to The S-Anews© newsletter.
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Spring 2008
"Listening"
I’m thankful to my S-Anon group for showing me how to listen.
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"Higher Power: Loving and Kind"
By letting go of fear I can begin to live, live my own life.
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Winter 2007/2008
"The Gifts of the Program"
When we approach the process of recovery with honesty,
open-mindedness and willingness to apply the principles of the
Twelve Steps to our lives, we will soon begin to see the rewards.
Read stories from members outlining the gifts they have received
through the S-Anon program.
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Spring/Summer 2007
"Working the Steps"
S-Anon members share experience, strength, and hope on working the
Steps.
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"Living in the Solution"
S-Anon members share experience, strength, and hope on living with
addiction.
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Winter 2006/2007
"The Gifts of the Program"
When we approach the process of recovery with honesty,
open-mindedness and willingness to apply the principles of the
Twelve Steps to our lives, we will soon begin to see the rewards.
Read stories from members outlining the gifts they have received
through the S-Anon program.
Read the full story >
Fall 2006
"Tools of the S-Anon Program"
An S-Anon group shares on the Tools of the S-Anon Program.
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"How Important Is It?"
This slogan
provided for me a way to stop my fruitless agitation and painful
prodding.
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"Isolation"
All of a sudden I had created a wall around me; all an illusion of
security and control.
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Summer 2006
"12 Step Service Work"
Service work always helps me to keep what I’ve been given – the gift
of serenity and fellowship.
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"In all our Affairs"
In some
seemingly twisted coincidence, the 12th Step that carried those
offensive words seemed to end up in my hand to read in the
go-around.
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"What Does the Newcomer Mean to You?"
We asked members of S-Anon to share for the S-Anews© in response to
the following question, “Tell me what the newcomer means to you.”
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Spring 2006
"My Victory Gardens"
When I felt hurt and angry I would say to myself "in order to be
sober I will acknowledge my feelings and do something beautiful and
loving to cope with them and bring some good out of this hateful
deed." I said to myself the Step 11 prayer "...Where there is
hatred let me bring love..."
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"The Blank 7th Step Prayer"
My
sponsor and I have come to call this the Blank 7th Step Prayer
because on an ongoing basis we fill in the blank with whatever is
currently blocking us from God.
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"Working a Third Step at Work"
As I start the Third Step, I am painfully aware that one place into
which I continually refuse to allow my Higher Power is my work life.
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Winter 2004/2005
"The Gifts of the Program"
When we approach the process of recovery with honesty,
open-mindedness and willingness to apply the principles of the
Twelve Steps to our lives, we will soon begin to see the rewards.
Read stories from members outlining the gifts they have received
through the S-Anon program.
Read the full story >
Spring 2005
"What Lies Beneath the Waves"
Just as those thousands of people were powerless to stop the
tsunami, so I am powerless to stop the effects of sexaholism...
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"An S-Ateen's Journey"
In this special story, a teenager
shares what brought her to recovery.
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Spring 2004
"Welcoming Newcomers"
I
came to my first S-Anon meeting fearful of
being
'found out.'
I now know how important it is to welcome each newcomer
with acceptance and trust....
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"The S-Anon Gift of
Intimacy"
I
have a core fear of abandonment, of being lost and alone and
disconnected
from others. I knew that I needed what
S-Anon could provide...
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Winter 2003/2004
"The Gifts of the Program"
When we approach the process of recovery with honesty,
open-mindedness and willingness to apply the principles of the
Twelve Steps to our lives, we will soon begin to see the rewards.
Read stories from members outlining the gifts they have received
through the S-Anon program.
Read the full story >
Spring 2003
"Taking My First Steps"
I
don’t have to allow anyone to take my peace or happiness....
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"My One-Year Chip"
Every
day that I walk this earth I increasingly realize that
almost everything is more precious than money.
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Winter 2002/2003
"The Gifts of the Program"
When we approach the process of recovery with honesty,
open-mindedness and willingness to apply the principles of the
Twelve Steps to our lives, we will soon begin to see the rewards.
Read stories from members outlining the gifts they have received
through the S-Anon program.
Read the full story >
Summer 2002
"Trust"
I can trust my Higher
Power and myself, and with that joint trust I can stay safe and
choose happiness and serenity....
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Winter 2001/2002
"The Gifts of the Program"
When we approach the process of recovery with honesty,
open-mindedness and willingness to apply the principles of the
Twelve Steps to our lives, we will soon begin to see the rewards.
Read stories from members outlining the gifts they have received
through the S-Anon program.
Read the full story >
Fall 2001
"The Lure of Resentment"
At
one time I lived in resentment, and was not able to resist its lure.
It occurred to me that if there is a lure of resentment, I have to
be at the receiving end of it...
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Summer 2001
"Finding a Home in S-Anon"
S-Anon
helps me feel my pain in a way that rarely happens in my other
program. Ironic as it may seem, I am grateful for my husband's
addictions. They have forced me to look at my own issues...
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"Step Eleven"
Sought through
prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as
we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and
the power to carry that out.
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