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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.

Audio Version of the SAA Green Book Now Available!

The audiobook version of Sex Addict's Anonymous Green Book is now available for purchase on Google Play Books and Apple Books with either a woman or man's voice. It is available through Audible with only the man's voice reading it. They are hoping they'll get the woman's voice version on Audible soon.

The SAA Women's Intergroup Welcomes Your Support!

SAA members of any gender can join the monthly business meetings or donate by sending a check to SAA Women's Intergroup, P.O. Box 2901, Issaquah, WA, 98027 or using PayPal to give to saawomensig@gmail.com

Women's sponsor-sponsee connection meeting

- For women seeking sponsors or sponsees. Held on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 pm Central. Contact the SAA Women's Intergroup for more information: saawomensig@gmail.com

Submissions Requested for Out Of The Fog

Share your reflections on the retreat - Deadline: June 14th - submit to newsletter@bayareasaa.org.

Outer Circle!

A Bay Area SAA bike gang (group) is being developed and you are invited to join in the hijinks. Have a motorcycle? Like to ride it? Enjoy beautiful scenery and tasty food? Contact saabiker@gmail.com to find out more!

Is Your Other Meeting Missing Out On Announcements?

Please send an email contact to: info@bayareasaa.org to get on the mailing list & keep your meeting informed.

Attention: Sex Workers past and present

New meeting "We Are Priceless". Supporting people who are or have been in the sex industry & want to recover from sex addiction. Location: Online - ZOOM video and call in for audio only Day: Weekly Looking for allies in SAA members who are available to sponsor, with 2 or more years of sobriety from sex addiction and have completed the 12 Steps of SAA with a sponsor. For safety, interested members are requested to email saa.xsw@gmail.com for more info. FOR SAFETY, INTERESTED MEMBERS ARE REQUESTED TO EMAIL SAA.XSW@GMAIL.COM

3 More Women Needed for the New Bay Area Phone Line

Contact: kristinaanonymous@gmail.com

An LGBT Intergroup has formed.

To join your meeting to it contact ISO: www.saa-recovery.org.

New live meeting

Cis/Trans Women and Non-Binary - Kindness in Recovery. Location: Pacific Center* (Berkeley) Day: Friday Time: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm *Please see listing under Meetings.

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