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INFORMATION
Becoming a Member
The best way to become a member is to attend a meeting and listen with
an open-mind before deciding whether or not you belong. The decision is up to
the individual and the only real requirement for membership is a desire to stop
acting out addictive sexual behaviors. SAA is open to all sex addicts regardless of one's sexual orientation.
Our site exists to provide information about the SAA fellowship
here in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area for all sex addicts. If you believe you may be suffering from sex addiction or compulsive
sexual behavior, you have come to the right place. This site provides
information and resources in support of your recovery. Sex addiction is not a
hopeless condition. Many sex addicts achieve lasting recovery with the help of
this program.
What
to Expect from an SAA Meeting
An SAA group consists of two or
more individuals who, using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of SAA, meet
regularly for the purpose of recovering from their addictive sexual
behavior. At our meetings, we read SAA literature and share our
experience, strength, and hope with each other, focusing on how the SAA program
of recovery works in our lives.
SAA
meetings are run by members. There are no professional or outside
facilitators. We meet as equals: sex addicts helping one another to
achieve sexual sobriety and to practice a new way of life. We all
contribute to making our meetings places that foster our recovery and carry the
SAA message to the sex addict who still suffers. Our fellow members
depend upon us, as we depend on them.
Because
of the sensitive nature of sexual addiction, our groups are
"closed," meaning that only those with a desire to stop addictive
sexual behavior may attend. While we all strive for sexual
sobriety, achieving it is not a requirement for attendance or
participation. All participation is voluntary. We are not required
to speak if we don't want to. Just by listening we can learn how other
members become honest, confront their addiction, find support from fellow
addicts, and practice the program. We can learn how others have faced
problems that are similar to ours, and how they have used the tools of the
program to deal with them. Members can have any religious belief, or no
belief at all. All sex addicts seeking recovery are welcome.
(Taken with permission from the
ISO of SAA. The excerpts above come from the book Sex Addicts Anonymous--the
Green book--1st Edition, pg. 10-11).
WOMEN IN SAA
There is a pamphlet available from ISO entitled "A Special Welcome to the Woman Newcomer" that may address some of your concerns: topics include Being the Only Woman in the Room, Speaking at Meetings, Triggering Others at Meetings, Being Attracted to Others at Meetings, Protecting Your Safety, and Choosing a Sponsor. For Women http://saa-store.org/
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