{"id":3856,"date":"2021-03-25T18:05:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T22:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sjvcenter.org\/?post_type=resource&p=3856"},"modified":"2022-06-17T16:03:02","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T20:03:02","slug":"12-step-groups","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/www.sjvcenter.org\/resource\/12-step-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"12-Step Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"
Below are select listings for 12-Step groups. Some meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend, while others are closed to members only. It is best to check ahead by calling a local hotline number; this will help determine the best choice of meeting. The hotline numbers will usually confidentially take your name and number and call you back with meeting information or provide a recorded announcement.<\/p>\n
Sexaholics Anonymous<\/a>\u00a0(SA) Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous<\/a>\u00a0(SLAA) Sexual Addicts Anonymous<\/a>\u00a0(SAA)
\n615-331-6230
\nA national 12 step program for sexual addicts and sexual offenders. This group is for people who feel powerless over lust. SA\u2019s standard of sexual sobriety is total celibacy except with a marriage partner. According to the SA website, for the sexaholic, \u201cany form of sex with one\u2019s self or with partners other than the spouse is progressively addictive and destructive. We also see that lust is the driving force behind our sexual acting out, and true sobriety includes progressive victory over lust.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n781-255-8825
\nNational 12 step program for sexual addicts and those with patterns of unhealthy romantic relationships. This group is for people who feel powerless over sex and love addiction. According to the SLAA website, this includes \u201clove addiction, relationship, and sexual anorexia.\u201d They tend to look at both the physical and emotional components of addiction.<\/p>\n
\n713-869-4902
\nA national 12 step program for sexual addicts and some sexual offenders. Scattered meetings have female attendance. This group is for people who feel powerless over addictive sexual behavior, focusing more on acting out sexually. The SAA website states that a sex addict realizes \u201cwe 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.\u201d SAA was founded by therapist Patrick Carnes as a place to refer his patients after their stay at Golden Valley. Carnes drafted the original \u201cgreen book\u201d for SAA. The group tends to his philosophy that sex addiction is a behavioral disease as opposed to a moral failing. Their members define their own sexual boundaries with the guidance of their sponsors and other group members.<\/p>\n