"sex" in the Big Book

(including sex) were hurt or threatened.

Was it our self-esteem, our security, our ambitions, our personal, or sex relations, which had been interfered with?

We were usually as definite as this example: I’m resentful at: Mr. Brown Mrs. Jones My employer My wife The Cause Affects my: His attention to my Sex relations. wife.

Self-esteem (fear) Told my wife of my Sex relations. mistress.

Likes Brown. sex relations— Wants house put in Security (fear) her name.

Now about sex.

One set of voices cry that sex is a lust of our lower nature, a base necessity of procrea­

Then we have the voices who cry for sex and more sex; who bewail the institution of marriage; who think that most of the troubles of the race are traceable to sex causes.

We do not want to be the arbiter of anyone’s sex conduct.

We all have sex problems.

In this way we tried to shape a sane and sound ideal for our future sex life.

We remembered always that our sex powers were God-given and therefore good, neither to be used lightly or selfishly nor to be despised and loathed.

In other words, we treat sex as we would any other problem.

God alone can judge our sex situation.

We realize that some people are as fanatical about sex as others are loose.

To sum up about sex: We earnestly pray for the right ideal, for guidance in each questionable situation, for sanity, and for the strength to do the right thing.

If sex is very troublesome, we throw ourselves the harder into helping others.

But drinking does complicate sex relations in the home.

A word about sex relations.