Attending SAA meetings opens the door to a new way of life. Fellowship gives us support, but the core work of recovery is described in the Twelve Steps, adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous.

Meetings are learning spaces where we apply these principles in daily life. Working the steps leads to a spiritual transformation that supports recovery from active addiction.

The Twelve Steps of SAA

  1. We admitted we were powerless over addictive sexual behavior and that our lives had become unmanageable.
  2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
  3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God.
  4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
  5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
  6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
  7. Humbly asked God to remove our shortcomings.
  8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
  9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
  10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
  11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God.
  12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to other sex addicts and to practice these principles in all areas of our lives.