Tag Archives: 12 step meetings

  • Honesty in 12-Step Meetings
    Saturday, June 8th, 2019

    Honesty in 12-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...
  • Going to 12-Step Sexual Recovery Meetings
    Saturday, June 1st, 2019

    Going to 12-Step Sexual Recovery Meetings

    I build today the road that I travel tomorrow. Living in active addiction is all about living in the problem, while living in recovery is all about living in...
  • Make 12-Step Meetings Non-Negotiable
    Friday, May 17th, 2019

    Make 12-Step Meetings Non-Negotiable

    The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, it’s to schedule your priorities. One recovering sex addict with a demanding job, a spouse, and three kids says...
  • Daily Meetings
    Friday, April 26th, 2019

    Daily Meetings

    Fire cannot be made with dead embers. When new to sexual recovery, we often balk at the suggestion that we need to attend 12-step meetings every day. If so,...
  • The Need to Work Step One
    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....
  • Honesty in Twelve-Step Meetings
    Tuesday, December 18th, 2018

    Honesty 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...
  • Step Twelve: Service Equals Sobriety
    Saturday, December 15th, 2018

    Step 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...
  • How to Handle the Holidays
    Tuesday, November 20th, 2018

    How 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...
  • In the Rooms
    Monday, October 15th, 2018

    In 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...