Chastity Office #1
“Without a vision my people perish”.
Proverbs 29:18
Here is the very unpalatable truth…I have been given a vision.
I have been teaching it to others.
I cannot abandon it. I must learn to live with it.
It will require everything I have learned thus far…
Chastity Office #2
While most people come on this site for sex addiction recovery, the truth is that “Addiction is the disease that migrates”.
So, we are prepared for 22 addictions…for however your particular constellation of addictions may appear:
The Four Basics:
- Drinking
- Drugs
- Smoking
- Caffeine
The Seven Types of SLRR (Sex, Love, Romance and Relationship)
- Masturbation or Affairs
- Love
- Romance
- Relationship
- Al-anon
- Anon-anonism
- Sexaholism
The Four types of Money Recoveries
- Debt
- Workaholism
- Underearning
- Gambling
The Four Types of Self-Relationships
- ACA
- Codependency
- Victimhood
- Narcissism
The most abstruse recovery
- Artistic preoccupations
The most recent discovery
- Media addiction
The most obvious, but yet denial ridden, recovery
- Fat
Chastity Office #3
I will:
Laugh at myself
Believe that I will get better
Trust God
Serve others
Have a positive attitude
Smile
Forgive myself
Pray
Read spiritual literature
Exercise
Forgive others
Manage my money
Relax
Do nothing
Have fun
Be aware of my food
Be conscious of my sexual choices
Announce limits
Grieve losses
Set boundaries
Accept reality
Feel my feelings
Meet my needs
Be self-restrained
Enjoy my choices
Share with others
Persevere
Connect
Practice self-discipline
Rejoice
Chastity Office #4
HP,
In order to stay chaste today help me to love myself today.
Specifically, help me to:
- Stay in touch with my feelings
- Set boundaries with those who are harmful
- Announce limits so as not to harm myself
- Keep myself emotionally healthy by meeting my needs for:
- Safety
- Love and belonging
- Esteem of others
- Self-esteem
To fully actualize myself, help me meet my needs for
- Near constant Prayer
- Self-transcendence through Service
- Spirituality through connectedness, originally with God, then others, and finally, lastingly and constantly, with myself
- Contentment through realization of my highest, realistically attainable goal
- Creativity through creating beauty for the joy of it
- Peace of mind through knowing my soul
Chastity Office #5
The Ten Points:
1. Completely giving ourselves to this simple Program;
2. Practicing rigorous honesty;
3. Being willing to go to any lengths to recover;
4. Realizing that there is no easier, softer way;
5. Being fearless and thorough in our practice of the principles;
6. Letting go of our old ideas absolutely;
7. Recognizing that half measures will not work;
8. Asking God’s protection and care with complete abandon;
9. Being willing to grow along spiritual lines;
10. Accepting the following pertinent ideas as proved by All Addicts Anonymous experience:
(a) that you cannot manage your own life;
(b) that probably no human power can restore you to sanity;
(c) that God can and will if sought.