Tuesday, January 1st, 2019
The Need to Work Step One
Active sex addicts typically struggle to see the insanity of their behavior. Step One reads: We admitted we were powerless over sex – that our lives had become unmanageable....
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2018Honesty in Twelve-Step Meetings
You can’t save your face and your ass at the same time. Many recovering sex addicts worry that if they go to a twelve-step meeting and tell the truth...Read More
Saturday, December 15th, 2018Step Twelve: Service Equals Sobriety
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in service to others. The “work” of Step Twelve can be broken down into two parts: helping others to...Read More
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018How to Handle the Holidays
When I stopped living in the problem and began living in the answer, the problem went away. The holiday season is, for most people, a joyful time filled with...Read More
Monday, October 15th, 2018In the Rooms
By Joe Saavedra Earlier this year, I made the conscious effort to attend my first Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA) meeting. I say conscious effort, although it was actually a...Read More
Saturday, October 6th, 2018Willpower Alone Is Not Enough
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Sex addicts nearly always require outside assistance to recover. If we could change things on our own,...Read More
Friday, October 5th, 2018Women Can Be Sexually Addicted, Too
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg once wrote that viewing genders differently “helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.” Many people think that sexual...Read More- Wednesday, May 30th, 2018
Quiet Participation in Meetings
You can listen to silence and learn from it. The easiest way for a recovering sex addict to be of service in a 12-step meeting is to speak—sharing his...Read More 
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018Finding the Right 12-Step Meetings
Decisions are easy when you know what you value. Not every 12-step sexual recovery meeting is the same. Yes, most meetings tend to follow the same basic format, based...Read More