This week, we’d like to share a post from the Men’s Discussion Board that has received multiple comments and inspired some great discussion: For me and my marriage, I feel like after 3 and a half years of recovery, I am just barely getting to a place where I can really start at Step 1…
We are excited to remind you of an upcoming annual event: the SA Lifeline Conference: Recovering Individuals, Healing Families. If you are undecided on whether or not you should clear your calendar and get yourself there, here are my: Top 3 Reasons to go to the SA Lifeline Conference on October 14th 1. You will…
Having questions, being curious, thinking – these are things I never really did very much when I was in full addict cycle. Maybe that’s not true. Maybe my questions were more self-centered or to prove that I was right and others were wrong. Either way, I’m learning that asking questions about recovery is always a…
Yesterday at Church, I heard a comment that was honestly quite triggering. But not in the “triggering” way you might think. By “triggering” I mean that it caused me to feel negative emotions: frustration, anger, fear, and even a lack of hope. One of the things that was said in the talk was that, “as…
When you first came to 12 Step, what were you hoping to get out of the program? A sober husband? Vindication? A quick fix? Validation that you were a victim? A magic tool-kit to eradicate addiction from your loved one? When I first came to Twelve Step, I think all I wanted was to find…
Have you found us on Instagram yet? A few weeks ago, we took to our Instagram community to collect questions for our co-founder, Rhyll Croshaw, to respond to. Thanks to Rhyll for being willing to share her strength, hope, and experience with all of us. Here is the first Q&A from our Insta community! Q: What…
Step 1 states: “We admitted we were powerless over lust – that our lives had become unmanageable.” Am I powerless over lust? What does “unmanageable” actually mean? How do I know if my life has become, or is, unmanageable? What if I’m sober – does that powerlessness still exist and is my life still unmanageable,…
This week’s blog post may seem basic enough; after all, SA Lifeline is a community of women seeking recovery from Betrayal Trauma. Unfortunately, however, it often takes people who are suffering much longer than they would have liked to find us. This was certainly the case for me. Let’s just say when I was stuck…