{"id":1565,"date":"2020-12-01T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T04:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2021-01-05T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T20:36:09","slug":"three-legacies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/three-legacies\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Legacies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Service, Recovery and Unity.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aa.org\/assets\/en_US\/aa-literature\/p-44-aas-legacy-of-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.aa.org\/assets\/en_US\/aa-literature\/p-44-aas-legacy-of-service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.silkworth.net\/ask_billw\/Q&amp;A40.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.silkworth.net\/ask_billw\/Q&amp;A40.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/friendsofbillw.net\/the_three_legacies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/friendsofbillw.net\/the_three_legacies<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have strong desire to stay sober today and want to do as much service as humanly possible!<\/p>\n<p>Sobriety is my #1 priority.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s more important than my 13 year marriage, 8 yr son, \u00a0almost 11 yr daughter, and my job\/career.<\/p>\n<p>Because if I dont stop the obsessive lust compulsion, I wont have anything.<\/p>\n<p>The point is, I&#8217;m just very fragile. I dont need to lobby in front of a bunch of sick people &#8220;why I want to volunteer and be a trusted servant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Someone hurt my feelings Thursday because I asked about the pin #, criticizing my &#8220;dialogue&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>If you need help, and I currently have extra time I want to get involved. I was excited to manage the script on Wed and Friday but if someone else wants to do it I will stay out of the way. I fully recognize the value of service.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Here is my recovery history:<\/p>\n<p>* 1990 found Narcotics Anonymous<\/p>\n<p>* 1992 began AA &amp; Alanon<\/p>\n<p>* 1995 began SLAA &amp; SA<\/p>\n<p>* NA\/AA sobriety date: 11\/7\/1996<\/p>\n<p>* 2002 married<\/p>\n<p>* 2013 began SAA<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve ALWAYS had job(s) in 12 step recovery since I started my journey and took it seriously (23 years straight). I could never repay what the program(s) have given me.<\/p>\n<p>As far as Sex Addicts Anonymous is concerned, I&#8217;m relatively new. I want to take it slow.<\/p>\n<p>My inner circle begins with Adultery (13 years) and I include strip clubs and adult video stores.<\/p>\n<p>I struggle with middle circle behavior: masturbation, pornography, Sports Illustrated swimsuit, Victoria Secret, staring @ women, flirting with women, using the language of lust, watching TV\/Movies and fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>The greatest thing I&#8217;ll ever become is &#8220;human&#8221;. I committed fornication from age 18-34. I&#8217;m now 47 and still breathing. I&#8217;m guity of sin perhaps ever since early childhood. Alot of what I hear at meetings is about developing a &#8220;moral compass&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Amen<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Service, Recovery and Unity. Read more http:\/\/www.aa.org\/assets\/en_US\/aa-literature\/p-44-aas-legacy-of-service http:\/\/www.silkworth.net\/ask_billw\/Q&amp;A40.html http:\/\/friendsofbillw.net\/the_three_legacies I have strong desire to stay sober today and want to do as much service as humanly possible! Sobriety is my #1 priority. It&#8217;s more important than my 13 year marriage, 8 yr son, \u00a0almost 11 yr daughter, and my job\/career. Because if I dont stop &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/three-legacies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Three Legacies<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1565"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3134,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1565\/revisions\/3134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/saphonemeeting.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}