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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.

SAA Phone Forums on Best Practices

Monthly calls 2nd Wednesday of each month, 5-6 pm Pacific Time. Contact: info@saa-recovery.org. for call-in information.
The next forum is on: April 8th, 2020: Service Resumes and the Nominating Committee---requirements for international service and how you can participate • May 13th, 2020: Prisoner Outreach and how members can be involved.

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Online meetings require a contact to share the log-in details for video sharing. But we don't have all of the meeting contacts. Please find your meeting in the list and check. Contact by email: bayareasaaonline@gmail.com.

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Our meeting list has been updated. Please refer to the meeting list (on the Meetings page) for information.

Newcomer phone lines need volunteers

Help is needed for the four individuals who are currently manning the lines (two men and two women). info@bayareasaa.org

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Elect Group Service Representatives (GSR) For Your Meeting

What is a GSR? GSR’s meet at least once a year, with the other GSR’s in their Area to discuss items to be voted on for the annual conference. Each Area sends a GSR to represent them at the meeting. Each meeting should have a registered a primary and alternate GSR with the ISO. The bay area has 3 Areas (South Bay, SF/Marin and East Bay). That means the bay area will be represented by 3 GSRs.

The general information required for the ISO office form is: Group Code (can be provided by the ISO Office), Group Name, Meeting Day/Time, Meeting Street Address, Meeting City/State/ZIP, GSR name, GSR contact information, Alternate GSR name & information. Email the information to: brian195410@gmail.com.

33rd Annual International SAA Convention: "Envisioning Serenity"

May 22 – 25th Register by May 1 for best convention rates. Contact info@saa-recovery.org for more information.

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