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When I reflect on going to S-Ateen meetings, I don’t like to think about being sick and needing help because it sounds so harsh. Instead, I like to think I’m curing my emotional common cold.
I got the cold from my dad, a sexaholic. I don’t have the same symptoms as my dad, but I still have a cold. Some of my cold symptoms include denial, anger, and self-abuse. The cold continues spreading until someone stops it. I feel that every time I go to a meeting, I’m healing my cold, and I realize I am not alone because the cold we have is common! When I began my Step work, I felt as though I got a teaspoon of cough syrup, and the symptoms began to fade.
It has become clear to me that the only way to be “cured” of this cold is to work the program, go to meetings, read S-Anon literature, and follow the Steps. It is the way to a healthier me.
Reprinted from S-Anon’s Reflections of Hope, page 332..