{"id":434,"date":"2018-07-24T12:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T12:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/?page_id=434&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-06-23T10:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T10:10:28","slug":"reflexion-de-hoy-december-8","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/reflexion-de-hoy-december-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Reflection june 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Holding Myself Responsible<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em><strong>From our first change in attitude, we isolated ourselves. We began to build a wall around us, especially between us and those who were closest (SA 53)<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While a relapse may seem sudden, most sexaholics know that it has been approaching for a long time. Little by little, we stopped taking the necessary actions to maintain our spiritual health and we let lust re-enter. We lost the desire to free ourselves from lust. We matured for relapse as we stopped making the real connection with our Higher Power and with other SA members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">While working the Steps after a relapse, my sponsor made me develop a plan to avoid another slip. I made a list of the signs of my active addiction: isolating myself, skipping meetings, not calling other members, skipping daily prayer and meditation. I asked my spouse and four members of the SA to confront me whenever they thought I might be falling in one of these areas. I also gave them permission to confront me if they noticed any behavior of mine that they thought might lead to a relapse. And if they confronted me, I promised to work on steps One, Two and Three on that behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This plan helps me hold myself accountable to others in SA. Today I know that relapse is optional. It returns because I choose to do so and, today, I choose sobriety. Recovery from lust is too valuable to lose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em><strong>Help me keep my connection with You. My sobriety and my life depend on it.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holding Myself Responsible From our first change in attitude, we isolated ourselves. We began to build a wall around us, especially between us and those who were closest (SA 53). While a relapse may seem sudden, most sexaholics know that it has been approaching for a long time. Little by little, we stopped taking the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-434","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-featured-image","page-entry","loop-entry boxed clr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434"}],"version-history":[{"count":3858,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12538,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/434\/revisions\/12538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapanama.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}