Sunday, January 26th
My sexual acting out had become ritualized. I saw no way out.
Many SCA members have shared how they realized they were powerless to change their sexually compulsive behaviors. We kept promising ourselves we’d avoid a harmful activity, but that seldom had a lasting effect.
“I assumed for years that I was in control of my life and managing the chaos. How far from the truth was that?”
Once we start working the Steps and utilizing other program tools, we may feel our outlook on life change. Working the Twelve Steps is a spiritual process of growth, being, and becoming. It is finding what works for us, asking for what we need, and accepting who we are.
This process helps build our faith by trusting our Higher Power to take care of us. Our fears do not vanish — we simply develop a deeper faith than our fears. We begin to believe our lives can be different. The entire spiritual process of recovery allows us to be open to change.
We often describe SCA as a program of self-acceptance. Acceptance can be a huge relief: we no longer use our compulsion to numb our feelings or lose ourselves in hours of endless isolation.
We will discover ourselves, our spirituality, and our connection to our Higher Power.