OUR PURPOSE
“Each group has but one primary purpose -- to carry its message to the sex and love addict who still suffers". - Tradition 5 (pg. 123, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous)
We are glad you are here.
Welcome
We are a fellowship of people who have recovered from sex and love addiction by following the program of action outlined in the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.
AM I A SEX AND LOVE ADDICT?
We in S.L.A.A. believe that sex and love addiction is a progressive illness which cannot be cured but, like many illnesses, can be arrested. It may take several forms — including (but not limited to) a compulsive need for sex, extreme dependency on one person (or many), and/or a chronic preoccupation with romance, intrigue or fantasy. Sex and love addiction may also take the form of a compulsive avoidance of giving or receiving social, sexual or emotional nourishment.
Many of us have found that obsessive/compulsive patterns have become increasingly destructive to our self-respect, leading to confusion, isolation, and painful impacts in our lives.
Sex and love addiction leads to ever worsening consequences if it continues unchecked. In S.L.A.A., we learn to accept the reality of having this addiction and surrender any notion that we can control it successfully on the basis of our unaided will. Admitting personal powerlessness over this affliction, we turn to guidance from a Power greater than ourselves, cease our addictive behavior, make restitution for harm done to others and re-construct our lives physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally.
© SLAA FWS
If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when acting out* you have little control over your thinking and behavior, you might be a sex and love addict.
*For more information, see the Characteristics of Sex and Love Addiction
What is a meeting?
We meet throughout the week so that newcomers can find us, and so that we can carry the message of recovery after having had a spiritual awakening. We study the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous in our meetings because we have found that it is relevant to all addicts.
Through this study, we deepen our understanding of how to apply spiritual principles to our lives.
Meeting information can be found here.
Who is welcome?
This is an open meeting and as such all who have an interest in sex and love addiction and our program of recovery are welcome.
Tradition 3 of S.L.A.A. states, the only requirement for S.L.A.A. membership is the desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction. Any two or more persons gathering together for mutual aid in recovering from sex and love addiction may call themselves an S.L.A.A. group, provided that as a group they have no other affiliation.
We oppose no one.
If you think you can recover in some other way, or prefer a different spiritual approach, we encourage you to follow your own conscience. We have no monopoly on God; we merely have an approach that worked with us.
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