SATURDAY EVE. WOMEN’S SAA TELEMEETING

 Revised July 2011

 

Note to Trusted Servant regarding first step presentations:

 • When scheduling a first step, ask the person doing the first step who her sponsor is and ensure that the sponsor is      going to be there to lead her through the first step.

• If you schedule a first step that will take place after the next business meeting, please let the next trusted servant know.

 

 

Good Evening and welcome!  This is a closed women’s only tele-meeting of Sex Addicts Anonymous.   If you have a desire to stop your addictive sexual behavior you are in the right place.   If you do not please hang up now.   My name is _______   I am a sex addict and your trusted servant for this evening. 

 

May we have a moment of silence for the addicts in and out of these rooms who still suffer, followed by the Serenity Prayer?

 

Who would like to read THE INTRODUCTION, pgs 1 & 2 of the SAA green book?

 

Would someone like to read OUR PROGRAM, pgs 20-22 from the SAA green book?

 

May we hear THE TWELVE TRADITIONS, pg. 77 from the SAA green book?

 

Is there anyone at this meeting for the first time?  Please tell us your first name and where you are from… Welcome! 

 

Would someone please read DEFINING ABSTINENCE, pgs 14-15, from the SAA green book,  the first two paragraphs, (beginning with “Our goal...”,  ending with ...“his or her own abstinence”. )

 

Now is the time that we celebrate milestones in sobriety.  Does anyone have 30 days?  60 days?  90 days?  6 months?  9 months?  1 year? 18 months?  Multiples of years? How about 24 hrs?

 

Now let’s go around for introductions.  It is the custom of this group for members to share their first name only, where you’re from, how you’re feeling, two of your inner circle behaviors and your current length of sobriety from these behaviors.

My name is _______, I’m a sex addict from _____, I feel _____, and two of my inner circle behaviors are _____ and I have ___ days/months/years of sobriety.

 

This is a topic or 1st step presentation meeting of SAA.  We use only SAA approved literature.    

 

In regards to literature:  The literature we are using for this meeting can be obtained from the ISO of SAA, P.O. Box 70949, Houston, TX USA 77270 or by phone:  1-800-477-8191 or via the internet:  www.saa-recovery.org.

 

 

 

 

Regarding sponsorship:  We, as a group, believe that completing step work with a sponsor is an integral part of gaining and maintaining sexual sobriety.  If you do not have a sponsor, or have questions about what a sponsor is, please talk to someone after the meeting.

 

Regarding phone numbers:  The phone can be an important tool during recovery.  Everyone is encouraged to get phone numbers of individuals whose shares they relate to, to use as part of a support system. This is done after the meeting.  Please be sensitive when using the phone and understand that sharing your phone number is completely voluntary.

 

( 1st Step presentation, start here)

 

If you would like to present your 1st step please arrange it with the trusted servant a week in advance.   Tonight, ______ is going to share her 1st step with us.  I will pass the meeting over to _______. (Sponsor)

 

The sponsor reads 1st Step introduction from The First Step to Recovery booklet.   First step begins.  Do not stop a first step in progress.

 

The floor is now open for feedback for________. (Person doing her first step.) 

 

Feedback usually ends when the person’s sponsor shares. Check in with the person doing her first step after the last person gives her feedback.

 

First steps are sometimes triggering to hear.  We encourage you to stay in contact with your sponsor and support system this week.

 

(Topic, start here)

 

Tonight there is no prearranged 1st step presentation.  If you would like to present your 1st step, please arrange it with the trusted servant a week in advance.  The topic I have chosen tonight is ______ from _______, pg. __.  (Read the topic selection.)

 

Now the meeting is open for discussion on the topic I just read or you may share about how you have been doing this week.  Who would like to begin?

 

 

It’s now time for the 7th tradition, which states that “every SAA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.”  We have no dues or fees, but our International Service Organization (ISO) does have expenses.  Contributions can be mailed to:  ISO of SAA, P.O. Box 70949, Houston, TX USA 77270 or by phone:  1-800-477-8191 or via the Internet:  www.saa-recovery.org

 

Phone number and pass code –We are a closed women’s only tele-meeting of SAA. In order to access this meeting newcomers are required to speak to one of our meeting contacts. Our meeting contacts information can be found at www.saa-recovery.org.

 

Our business meeting is held on the second Saturday of the month after the regular meeting.  Second Saturday of the month, announce business meeting and it will start immediately after the meeting.

 

Are there any SAA-RELATED ANNOUNCEMENTS?

 

Would someone please read HOW WE LIVE, which can be found in the SAA Green Book, pg. 61, paragraphs 1 and 2?

 

 

In closing, please help us move from shame to grace and join us in THE UNITY PRAYER, pg. 45 from the booklet, “Tools of Recovery”.

 

The phone line is now open to exchange phone numbers.  My name is ____ and my phone number is_____. 

 

The phone line is now open for Fellowship.

 

BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA

 

 

Welcome to the Saturday evening women’s SAA teleconference business meeting.  My name is ______ and I’m a sex addict and your trusted servant for this meeting.

 

 

Would someone please read The Twelve Traditions? (pg. 77)

 

 

In keeping with our traditions, do we have any old business to discuss?

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Do we have any new business to discuss?

 

  • Trusted Servant  - 30 days sobriety suggested and completion of first step presentation.  It’s a 1 month and rotating position.

 

  • New business

 

 

  • Should a meeting format change occur, outgoing trusted servant please contact the new Trusted Servant with any changes to the format.

 

Please help me close this meeting with the Serenity Prayer.

 

The phone line is now open for fellowship.

 

 

 

 

Unity Prayer

 

I put my hand in yours and together we can do what we could never do alone. No longer is there a sense of hopelessness. No longer must we each depend upon our own unsteady willpower. We are all together now, reaching out our hands for a power and strength greater than ours; and as we join hands, we find love and understanding beyond our wildest dreams.