Examples of bottom-line behaviors might include sexual or romantic activity outside the scope of monogamous relationships, anonymous or casual sex, compulsive avoidance of intimacy or emotional attachment, one-night stands, compulsive masturbation, obsessive fantasy, compulsive attraction to unavailable or abusive partners, and a wide variety of addictive sexual, romantic, or avoidant behaviors. However, these behaviors are never set in stone and may change as SLAA members continue in the program. SLAA encourages members to identify their own "bottom-line behaviors." The organization identifies these behaviors as "any sexual or emotional act, no matter what its initial impulse may be, which leads to loss of control over rate, frequency, or duration of its occurrence or recurrence, resulting in spiritual, mental, physical, emotional, and moral destruction of oneself and others." Maintaining " sobriety" in the SLAA program requires abstaining from one's bottom-line behaviors. COSLAA is another twelve-step fellowship created to support the family members and friends of sex and love addicts. Augustine of Hippo in his work Confessions. SLAA is also sometimes known as the Augustine Fellowship, because early members saw many of their shared symptoms described by St. He founded SLAA as an attempt to stop his compulsive sexual and "romantic" behavior. Though he had been a member of AA for many years, he repeatedly acted out and was serially unfaithful to his wife. SLAA was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1976, by a member of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous ( SLAA) is a twelve-step program for people recovering from sex addiction and love addiction. Sex addiction and love addiction recovery ©1985, 2003, 2012 The Augustine Fellowship, S.L.A.A., Fellowship-Wide Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Not to be confused with Sex Addicts Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, Sexual Compulsives Anonymous, or Sexual Recovery Anonymous. Additionally we try to avoid drawing undue attention to S.L.A.A. We need protect with special care the anonymity of every S.L.A.A. We find a common denominator in our obsessive/compulsive patterns, which transcends any personal differences of sexual orientation or gender identity. We are, however, united in a common focus: dealing with our addictive sexual and emotionalīehavior. is not affiliated with any other organizations, movements or causes, either religious or secular. has no opinion on outside issues and seeks no controversy.
Our developing a relationship with a Power greater than ourselves which can guide and sustain us in recovery.Īs a fellowship S.L.A.A.
community what we continue to freely receive.ĥ. Our practice of the Twelve Step program of recovery to achieve sexual and emotional sobriety.Ĥ. Our capacity to reach out for the supportive fellowship within S.L.A.A.ģ. Our willingness to stop acting out in our own personal bottom-line addictive behavior on a daily basis.Ģ. To counter the destructive consequences of sex and love addiction, we draw on five major resources:ġ.
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is supported entirely through the contributions of its membership and is free to all who need it. membership is a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous.
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