Introduction [From Sex Addicts Anonymous, pages 1-2]
We are sex addicts.  Our addiction nearly destroyed our lives, but we found freedom through through the recovery program of Sex Addicts Anonymous.  In the fellowship of SAA, we discovered that we are not alone and that meeting regularly together to share experience, strength and hope gives us the choice to live a new life. Our addictive sexual behavior was causing pain - to ourselves, our friends, and our loved ones.  Our lives were out of control.  We may have wanted to quit, making promises and many attempts to stop, yet we repeatedly failed to do so.  For each of  us, there came a moment of crisis.  When we finally reached out for help, we found recovery through the program of SAA. We have found, through long and painful experience, that we are unable to achieve recovery from sexual addiction through our own efforts.  Our program is based on the belief, confirmed by our experience, that a Power greater than ourselves can accomplish for us what we could not do alone.  By surrendering our addiction to a Higher Power, we receive the gift of recovery, one day at a time. Sex Addicts Anonymous is a spiritual program based on the principles and traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.  Although we are not affiliated with AA or any other organization, we are deeply grateful to AA for making our recovery possible. Our primary purpose is to stop our addictive sexual behavior and to help others recover from sexual addiction.  We find a new way of living through the SAA program, and carry our message to others seeking recovery.  Membership is open to all who have a desire to stop addictive sexual behavior.  There is no other requirement.  Our fellowship is open to women and men, regardless of age, race, religion, ethnic background, marital status, or occupation.  We welcome members of any sexual identity or orientation, whether they are gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual, or transgender. In our groups, there is a collective wisdom that has grown and been handed down over the years.  We learn many new solutions to old problems.  Central to these are the Twelve Steps, a spiritual program of recovery.  Following thses steps leads to freedom from addictive sexual behaviors and to the healing of our minds, bodies, spirits, relationships, and sexuality. Desperation brought us together.  We found in each other what we could find nowhere else: people who knew the depth of our pain.  Together we found hope and the care of a loving Higher Power.  Our commitment is to help others recover from sexual addiction, just as we have been helped.  This book contains our stories and our wisdom.  It is dedicated to sex addicts everywhere.
Our Program (not included at this time) THE TWELVE TRADITIONS OF SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS [From Sex Addicts Anonymous, page 77]
1. Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon S.A.A. unity. 2. For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority—a loving God as expressed in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern. 3. The only requirement for S.A.A. membership is a desire to stop addictive sexual behavior. 4. Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or S.A.A. as a whole. 5. Each group has but one primary purpose—to carry its message to the sex addict who still suffers. 6. An S.A.A. group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the S.A.A. name to any related facility or outside enterprise lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose. 7. Every S.A.A. group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions. 8. S.A.A. should remain forever nonprofessional, but our service centers may employ special workers. 9. S.A.A., as such, ought never be organized; but we may create service boards or committees directly responsible to those they serve. 10. S.A.A. has no opinion on outside issues; hence the S.A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy. 11. Our public relations policy is based on attraction rather than promotion; we need always maintain personal anonymity at the level of press, radio, TV, and films. 12. Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. How We Live [From Sex Addicts Anonymous, page 61] “Practicing these principles in our lives means applying program principles at home, at work, and wherever else we gather with others for a common purpose. As we grow spiritually, we find opportunities for service in virtually any situation. Our closest relationships may offer the most challenges to our honesty, compassion, and integrity, but we are often rewarded beyond our expectations. We find that spiritual principles can guide us in the everyday challenges of life, and they can help us face even loss, grief, and death with fortitude and grace. What we gain in this program is a blueprint for full and successful living, whatever may come. We maintain our recovery by working a daily program, in the knowledge that although we can never be perfect, we can be happy today. We can live life on life’s terms, without having to change or suppress our feelings. Our serenity and sobriety grow as we continue to live according to spiritual principles. We enjoy the gifts that come from being honest and living a life of integrity. We ask for help when we need it, and we express our love and gratitude every day. We realize that everything we have been through helps us to be of service to others. We learn that the world is a much safer place than we had ever known before, because we are always in the care of a loving God.” THE UNITY PRAYER [From Tools of Recovery, page 45] 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.