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Same-sex Lust Recovery in SA |
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Same-sex love and same-sex lust Members share their experience strength and hope Tell others about this site - |
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Homophobia and SA Here is what some SA members say about
this. . “Definition: “Unreasoning fear of or antipathy
toward homosexuals and homosexuality” (Random House II). (It's interesting
that the term came into usage in the late Fifties, just as the Sexual
Revolution was getting underway.) “Granted, there's unreasoning fear and antipathy
regarding the same-sex experience in the world. However, I'm hard pressed to
detect any of this in SA meetings. To the contrary, I see and hear a lot of
tolerance, identification, and compassion. “I do confess to having been afraid of lust in
any form. You could call me lustophobic. Now
there's a term most of us could hang our hats on! I've been struck by both
forms of the rattlesnake and don't want any part of any of lust. And one of
my great joys today is increasingly surrendering fear of lust. It's all right
to be tempted; I have a Way out today. There's victory over lust and all its
fear, thank God.… “My addiction can't accept same-sex sexualizing
in SA because of what I experienced in my acting out. It's toxic for me. . .
. I just can't be around it any more. “How To Treat Same-Sex
….Persons in SA
With understanding and
compassion, just like we would want to be treated. Most of us know some very
dear people from these experiences. In some meetings, they may even make up a
considerable percentage of members. “However, this doesn't mean we have to
accommodate or validate same-sex … sexualizing or call ourselves or other
members sober when we are not. We support recovery in anyone of any
experience.” The above quotes are all from Principles
Corroborating SA's Interpretation of Sexual
Sobriety, copyright 1991 SA Literature, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission of SA Literature. |