Is SAA for you?

In Sex Addicts Anonymous we are a fellowship of men and women who share our experience, strength, and hope with each other for the purpose of finding freedom from addictive sexual behavior and helping others recover from sex addiction. Local meetings offer an accepting, non-threatening environment where we can share our common struggles and learn how to apply the principles of the Twelve Steps to our everyday lives.

The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop addictive sexual behavior. There are no fees or dues.

We practice strict anonymity and confidentiality, so that our meetings are a safe place for all of us. Who we meet or what is said in a meeting is considered as confidential.

https://saa-recovery.org/am-i-a-sex-addict/

Sex addiction, also known as hypersexual disorder, is characterized by persistent and escalating sexual thoughts and acts that have a negative impact on the individual’s life. Sex addicts struggle to control or postpone sexual feelings and actions. Most sex addicts do not know how to achieve genuine intimacy, forming little or no attachment to their sexual partners.
Eventually, the pursuit of sex becomes more important than family, career and even personal health and safety. As sexual preoccupation increases in terms of energy and time, the sex addict follows a routine or ritual leading to acting out on desires, which is then followed by feelings of denial then shame, despair and confusion.

THIS MEETING IS CLOSED TO VIEWERS

www.sa.org

In defining sobriety, we do not speak for those outside Sexaholics Anonymous. We can only speak for ourselves. Thus, for the married sexaholic, sexual sobriety means having no form of sex with self or with persons other than the spouse. In SA’s sobriety definition, the term “spouse” refers to one’s partner in a marriage between a man and a woman. For the unmarried sexaholic, sexual sobriety means freedom from sex of any kind. And for all of us, single and married alike, sexual sobriety also includes progressive victory over lust (Sexaholics Anonymous, 191-192).

The only requirement for SA membership is a desire to stop lusting and become sexually sober according to the SA sobriety definition.

Any two or more sexaholics gathered together for SA sobriety according to SA sobriety definition may call themselves an SA group

OWelcome to Opiates Anonymous,

We wish to assure you that we do not have a monopoly on a solution for opiate addiction. What we can offer you is a solution that has worked for us and others. If you are willing and open-minded perhaps it may work for you as well.

At our meetings, our members share their experience so others can identify with what we were like and how we were able to find a solution for addiction based on the instructions laid out in the book: Alcoholics Anonymous.  We use the book Alcoholics Anonymous as our guide because it is the original text from which all twelve step programs were formed. We prefer its clear- cut directions.

Through identification with our experiences, new members may discover that we were once just as hopeless as they were but that we have since recovered from a hopeless state of mind, body, and spirit. Because identification is of paramount importance to the person who is seeking recovery, Opiates Anonymous has a single purpose as outlined in our Fifth Tradition: “Each group has but one primary purpose – to carry its message to the addict who still suffers.”

Our First Tradition is about unity and the other traditions were established to help preserve the unity.  It has also been our members’ collective experience that unity within the meeting place can best be maintained if we are all on the same page. “Being on the same page” means that we have one set of instructions on how to recover.  One set of instructions unifies us in a common solution.   Having a simple, consistent, and clear cut message of how we have recovered avoids confusion for the person who is new to Opiates Anonymous.

Our Third Tradition is about membership: “The only requirement for Opiates Anonymous membership is a desire to stop using opiates and all other mind altering substances.”

Our First Step is: “We admitted that we were powerless over opiates and all other mind altering substances – that our lives had become unmanageable.” As addicts, we must admit to our innermost selves that we can never safely ingest any mind altering substance because we will set off the terrible cycle of addiction all over again.

If you think that you may have a problem with opiates and other mind altering substances, attending one of our meetings may help you decide if you are an addict. Only you can decide whether or not you are an addict.

http://www.opa12.org/welcome-to-opiates-anonymous.html