Kindle Notes & Highlights
I have become more useful in the world as an honest “broken” human being than I ever was as a “perfect” one.
Even though I tried not to lust, I was still hooked and could not stop. In SA, my lust decreased as I worked the Steps and my contact with my Higher Power increased.
I recognized that genuine happiness does not come from material things, but from a sober life lived free from lust.
Perhaps God is slowly, carefully, and graciously doing for me what I could not do for myself. By fretting over whether or not God has removed all my pride and self-righteousness, am I not once again focusing on the problem—my disease—rather than the solution— God’s grace?
SA led me to a Higher Power who loves me despite all the havoc and devastation I have caused. In SA, I found a fellowship of men and women who accept me with all my defects. I no longer depend on sex to feel valued. I now turn to my Higher Power rather than sexual partners to fill the void.
At first, I was forced to make phone calls to stay sober. Then, as I shared with others in my distress and they shared their trials with me, a common bond developed. Partners in sobriety—what a boon!
