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Becoming 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...
Read MoreReclaiming Me
Jan 22, 2024
At the time I found out that my spouse was an active sexaholic, I was a new mom, jobless, and nearly devoid of my own identity. My only definition of myself revolved around my family. Having a spouse who was...
Read MoreBalance in Unity and Freedom
Oct 23, 2023
I have spent a great deal of time either being too focused on unity or acting with too much independence. My S-Anon problem manifested itself in both ways. In unbalanced unity, I abandoned myself for the benefit of another or...
Read MoreUnderstanding Primary Purpose
Jul 24, 2023
When I first came to S-Anon, I had no understanding of the term “primary purpose” and how I could apply that in many situations to make my life more serene. After my spouse and I both started attending recovery meetings,...
Read MoreDiscovering Our Own Value
May 22, 2023
For some of us, having a sense of personal autonomy can be a challenge. Before recovery, we might have been so focused on what others thought of us that we only identified ourselves as part of a couple, part of...
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