Bay Area SAA Welcome
For Newcomers
- Next Meetings
- Thu. 6PM • Napa • Napa Green Book Step Study
- Thu. 6PM • Thursday Book Study
- Thu. 6PM • Thursday New Choice Women's Meeting
- Thu. 6PM • SAA Online Text Thursday
- Thu. 6:30PM • Vacaville • Vacaville Meeting
- Thu. 7PM • San Francisco • Exploring Your Outer Circle
- Thu. 7PM • Santa Rosa • Step Study/Speaker
- Thu. 7PM • San Ramon • Thursday Night How It Works Meeting
- Thu. 7PM • Concord • Thursday Nights In Concord
- Thu. 7PM • San Ramon • San Ramon Men Only Meeting
- Thu. 7PM • Morgan Hill • Morgan Hill Thursday Meeting
- Thu. 7PM • Reaching for Recovery
- Thu. 7:30PM • Oakland • SAA 12 Steps & Big Book-Adults Only
- Thu. 7:30PM • Los Altos • 12x12/Big Book/Speaker 2nd Thu.
- Thu. 7:30PM • San Rafael • Thursday Night Sobriety
- Thu. 8:15PM • San Ramon • Step Study (26 weeks)
- Thu. 9PM • Thursday Late Night Recovery
- Fri. 3:15AM • SAA Daily Call
- Fri. 6AM • Friday Morning Big Book Meeting
- Fri. 8AM • • Therapists/Mental Health Professionals Only
- More Meetings…
What is Sex Addiction?
Sex Addiction can involve a wide variety of practices. Sometimes an addict has trouble with just one unwanted behavior, sometimes with many. A large number of sex addicts say their unhealthy use of sex has been a progressive process. It may have started with an addiction to masturbation, pornography (either printed or electronic), or a relationship, but over the years progressed to increasingly dangerous behaviors.
The essence of all addiction is the addicts' experience of powerlessness over a compulsive behavior, resulting in their lives becoming unmanageable. The addict is out of control and experiences tremendous shame, pain and self-loathing. The addict may wish to stop --- yet repeatedly fails to do so. The unmanageability of addicts' lives can be seen in the consequences they suffer: losing relationships, difficulties with work, arrests, financial troubles, a loss of interest in things not sexual, low self-esteem and despair.
Sexual preoccupation takes up tremendous amounts of energy. As this increases for the sex addict, a pattern of behavior (or rituals) follows, which usually leads to acting out (for some it is flirting, searching the net for pornography, or driving to the park.) When the acting out happens, there is a denial of feelings usually followed by despair and shame or a feeling of hopelessness and confusion.
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3 More Women Needed for the New Bay Area Phone Line
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Women Who Need a Sponsor
Monthly Tele-meeting. First Tues: 5:30pm Pacific Time: Info: 267-332-4698 saawomensig@gmail.com
An LGBT Intergroup has formed.
To join your meeting to it contact ISO: www.saa-recovery.org.
Attention: Sex Workers past and present
New meeting "We Are Priceless". FOR SAFETY, INTERESTED MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO EMAIL SAA.XSW@GMAIL.COM
Two Intimacy and Sexual Avoidance Awareness Events
Tuesday March 26 at 8:00pm CT & Saturday March 30 at 2:00pm CT. For information: Avoidance@saa-recovery.org or call (724) 243-2789.
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