An Invitation to Recovery
“We found in each other what we could find nowhere else: people who knew the depth of our pain. Together we found hope and the care of a loving Higher Power. Our commitment is to help others recover from sexual addiction, just as we have been helped.”
— Sex Addicts Anonymous, p. 2
As a fellowship of recovering addicts, Sex Addicts Anonymous offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from sex addiction.
Through long and painful experience, we came to realize that we were powerless over our sexual thoughts and behaviors and that our preoccupation with sex was causing progressively severe adverse consequences for us, our families, and our friends. Despite many failed promises to ourselves and attempts to change, we discovered that we were unable to stop acting out sexually by ourselves.
Many of us came to this realization when we started attending SAA meetings. In that setting we heard stories similar to ours and realized that recovery from our problem was possible. We learned through the SAA Fellowship that we were not hopelessly defective.
The basic principles of recovery practiced by SAA are found in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. Although we are not affiliated with AA or with any other organization or agency, we are, indeed, grateful for permission to modify and apply the Steps and Traditions to sex addiction, making recovery possible for us.
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"Freedom From Addiction Week."
To all Groups and Intergroups:
The ISO Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the 2nd annual Seventh Tradition initiative: "Freedom From Addiction Week."
To celebrate the freedom from addiction we have found through the SAA program, we ask that you
pass the Seventh Tradition basket a second time
at each of your meetings during the first or second week in July. This
second passing is to raise the funds needed by the ISO to expand our
capacity to carry the message to sex addicts who still suffer.
For more information about this initiative, visit the “
News and Events” page.
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Outreach Info
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender members and newcomers may contact GLBT Outreach for information at GLBT@saa-recovery.org
Men needing sponsors, telemeeting information and other program support can contact Men's Outreach at men4saa@saa-recovery.org
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