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Coming Out of Isolation
May 6, 2019
We derive many things from Step Five. Coming out of isolation is one benefit. Most of us came into S-Anon feeling deeply lonely. Many of us had suffered since childhood with a sense of not belonging. When we reached S-Anon...
Read MoreWe, Too, Have a Disease
Apr 8, 2019
In seeing our need for a Higher Power, we realize that it is safe for us to be dependent upon God; however, it is risky to depend exclusively for our well-being on another human being. We all have a hunger...
Read MoreFinding a God of My Understanding
Mar 12, 2019
My parents were not religious at all, and I was brought up with more of an ethnic and cultural identity than a religious one. When I met the man I would marry, I found that his family was much more...
Read MoreGiving the Outcome to God
Feb 11, 2019
I remember reading Step three and thinking “I can do this!” Making a decision felt comfortable; that is, a decision is an action, something to do. I’m much better at doing than not doing something. So I “did” Step three;...
Read MoreWilling to Let Go of All These Defects of Character
Jan 14, 2019
By working Steps Four and Five I became aware that jealousy had always been a major problem for me. Even though my recovering partner and I had not yet made a formal commitment to each other, I resented any woman...
Read MoreUsing Prayer to Change the Things I Can
Nov 26, 2018
A discussion on the Eleventh Step in an S-Anon couples meeting led me to question exactly how I could improve my conscious contact with my Higher Power. Even after many years of attending S-Anon and finding freedom from many of...
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