Live and Let Live
May 12, 2025
The benefits of working the S-Anon program become evident in the way we treat other people. We can cooperate and connect with others without losing part of ourselves. We avoid being overly supportive emotionally, physically, financially, and spiritually. After examining...
Read MoreThe Importance of Anonymity
Feb 24, 2025
When we are anonymous, we are free to be our authentic selves. Therefore, we do not have to try to project a certain image of ourselves or maintain a certain status. Anonymity removes labels and expectations that we have placed...
Read MoreHumility Leads to Gratitude
Nov 25, 2024
Humility does not mean that our feelings of anger and hurt are not valid, but it helps us recognize that obsessing about them is not beneficial. When some of us came to the fellowship, we may have been filled with...
Read MoreFinding a Healthy Balance at Home
Sep 9, 2024
I wanted so much for our home to be a place of warmth, safety, and mutual support for our family. Instead, after returning to work full-time outside the home, I found myself feeling resentful toward my family members. I felt...
Read MoreBecoming Self-Supporting
Jun 24, 2024
We can apply Tradition Seven to our personal lives by reflecting on what it means to be self-supporting as individuals. As the S-Anon Problem states, “We chose friends and partners who could not or would not love and support us...
Read MoreAble to Meet My Own Needs
Apr 8, 2024
One way that I can be personally self-supporting is to stop my self-defeating behaviors. When I first came to S-Anon, I did not recognize that expecting my spouse to read my mind and take care of me was self-defeating. I...
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