Sexual Anonymous Why should I give up lust?

Yet

Our crippling handicap had been our lack of humility (12 & 12 71).

At my first meeting, as I listened to the other members list their methods of acting out, I thought, “I never did this; I never did that.” I even said to other member after the meetings, “I am grateful I never did this or that behavior.”

Soon, I ran into a member with long-term sobriety who had a one-word response to my statements: “Yet.” After hearing that about a dozen times, it finally sunk in. God was saying through him that it was just a matter of time before I did those behaviors-unless I put the focus on myself and started working the Steps on me.

I took his one-word advice to heart and have since achieved a little over five years of sobriety. Every time I start to compliment myself for the addictive behaviors I have no engaged in, I hear “Yet” and surrender my pride to God.

Higher Power, help keep me sober because only sobriety keeps me from doing tomorrow what I despise today.