Jump start your recovery and jump into service!

WHEN: Saturday,
June 19, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

WHERE: SHARE!, 425
South Broadway, Los
Angeles, California 90012

• Monthly
  workshop for newcomers,
  
• Monthly workshop for Spanish language
  newcomers,
  
• Literature “If you were sent here by the courts”
  with FAQ,
  
• Court Forms uploaded to web site,
  
• business card driving
  traffic to website,
  
• New website and phone number updated in all
  public information materials — frontiers, blade, Adelante, village
  newsletter, court outreach letter, therapists outreach letter,
  
• Updated procedures and committee for answering Google voice calls,
  
• Media response plan.
  
• Media contact information updated on website,
  
• Newcomer “best practices” document,
  
• Sample meeting script
  language and “welcome message” and procedures,
  
• Updated
  intergroup meeting list {including email and phone number) with
  current secretary, treasurer and intergroup rep for each meeting,
  
• New
  meeting drop kit,
  
• List of possible new meeting locations and times,
  
• Updated Spanish language information on website,
  
• H&I committee
  procedures and pool of speakers for speaker panels,
  
• refreshed and
  updated court outreach campaign,
• Refreshed
  and updated therapists and psychiatrists outreach campaign.

SCA on an international level has been involved in the Interfellowship Forum
since
the early ’90’s.  The basic principle of this forum is to enable
cooperation
between the “S” fellowships. In the spirit of cooperation, we note
the following information received from the New York Intergroup of Sex Addicts Anonymous.

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Want to write and/or direct an SCA show?

Two important dates coming up to prepare for the SCA-NY Holiday Party, to be held on Sat., Dec. 11.

Sat, June 12th – General Information Meeting / Optional
Sat, June 26th – Public Vote on Show Proposals / Required for Writers/Directors (or send proxy)

Why meet/decide so early?  It’s best to give writers enough time
to write their work, and commence casting in the Fall.  A few months of rehearsal and we’re already square
at December.

This is not a call for actors/performers.  That will be announced at a later date.
Please DO come though to the meeting, if you want a voice in deciding the future show.

Any questions, please speak to Brian S, Jeffrey W or Tony D in SCA meetings.

The latest issue includes the first part of Jim P.’s story, along with Ethan T.’s story of dual addictions. An excerpt:

I’ll be the first to admit that I have had the occasional slip-up in
my S-program. However, when I look back at how
unmanageable my life had become, I realize just how much
progress, albeit incremental, I have made. I feel so incredibly
blessed and grateful to have found these rooms. I would not
wish either of these addictions on my worst enemy but I can
honestly say that I am a better, richer, and happier person as a
result of my arduous journey. And I’ll definitely keep coming
back!

For the latest edition and an archive of past issues, click here.

Belgium has recently held its national Intergroup meeting and will be sending an update. In the meantime, they want people to note that the Brussels meeting is in a new location (same time as before).

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Belgium
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CONTACT EMAIL: anoniemeseksverslaafden@gmail.com
WEB: www.anoniemeseksverslaafden.be

Meetings are conducted in Flemish. There are often speakers of English
and/or French in attendance as well. Please visit the Belgium website
for additional details.

ANTWERP
Louis Straussstraat 3
Exporex (next to Christ the King Church)
Every Monday from 20 to 22h.

BRUSSELS
Goede Bijstandsstraat 5
Every Tuesday from 20 to 22h.

GHENT
Tenderstraat 14
Every first and third Tuesday of the month from 20h to 22h.

LEUVEN
Ravenstraat 98
(Access: opposite nr. 99, go under the building through the Dominicans
Fathers to the rear building, where you enter through the glass door
and knock on the door with the “SCA” sign)
Every Thursday from 20 to 22h.

The Washington Intergroup produces a newsletter six times a year. The most recent features a “My Story” by Craig C. and an article about the Sexual Recovery Plan by Randy G. Here are some excerpts.

From Craig:

My experience with SCA was a beacon of hope for me. In my first meeting, I
immediately recognize at least two people in the meeting from my past
hookups. Although I was a little afraid that people who I used to know in
my life would know my secret, I realize now that’s the point – to not
to have secrets about this. If there is one activity that has given me my
year of sobriety, it’s been the ability to come into an SCA meeting and
to talk about my addiction to include my fears, triumphs and trials. My
relationship with my partner has become even stronger, and we are both
growing as individuals and as couples. And for that I am grateful. 

From Randy:

That is why I need a recovery plan, and why I always have to think clearly
about the choices I am making and their impact on not just myself but the
other important people in my life; my family. I have been blessed with a
very supportive, caring wife and children, but it will always continue to
depend on my choices to stay sexual sober and follow the recovery plan
that I need to achieve that goal.

An archive of the DC newsletters, including the latest one, is available at:

http://sca-recovery.org/cities/washingtondc/newsletters/