Although we are not affiliated with AA or with any other organization or agency, we are, indeed, grateful for permission to modify and apply the Steps and Traditions to sex addiction, making recovery possible for us. Not to be confused with Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous or Sexaholics Anonymous. Follow these steps to join Sex Addicts Anonymous. Meetings are held throughout the country, sometimes face-to-face, but increasingly online because of convenience. The basic principles of recovery practiced by SAA are found in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. Sex Addicts Anonymous is an organization for anyone who desires support from others in recovering from compulsive sexual behavior. We learned through the SAA Fellowship that we were not hopelessly defective. In that setting we heard stories similar to ours and realized that recovery from our problem was possible. The primary purpose of meetings is to carry our message of recovery to the addict who still suffers. 10) They are places where we can hear the message of recovery and share about our own struggles with people who are like us and who understand us. Many of us came to this realization when we started attending SAA meetings. Meetings are the heart of the SAA fellowship. Despite many failed promises to ourselves and attempts to change, we discovered that we were unable to stop acting out sexually by ourselves. Through long and painful experience, we came to realize that we 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. As a fellowship of recovering addicts, Sex Addicts Anonymous offers a message of hope to anyone who suffers from sex addiction.