Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous  (SLAA) is a 12 Step - 12 Tradition oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous.

The program began on December 30, 1976 in Boston, MA when a member of another 12-step fellowship found he needed additional support relating to his sex/love/relationship issues than what was offered in the other fellowship. Meetings began in members' homes and shortly thereafter moved to churches and the name "The St. Augustine Fellowship of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous" came into existence to satisfy the questions of church board members who weren't initially open to Sex and Love Addicts meeting at their facilities.  Today the meetings are held in all states and in more than seven countries internationally.

The only qualification for membership is a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction.  To counter the destructive forces of sex and love addiction we draw on five major resources:

1. Sobriety.  Our willingness to stop acting out in our own personal bottom-line addictive behavior on a daily basis;

2. Sponsorship and Meetings.  Our capacity to reach out for the supportive fellowship within S.L.A.A.;

3. Steps.  Our practice of the Twelve Step program of recovery to achieve sexual and emotional sobriety;

4. Service.  Our giving back to the S.L.A.A. Community what we continue to freely receive; and

5. Spirituality.  Our developing a relationship with a Power greater than ourselves which can guide and sustain us in recovery.

We use the 5 resources to counter the destructive consequences of one or more addictive behaviors related to sex addiction, love addiction, dependency on romantic attachments, emotional dependency and sexual, social and emotional anorexia.

We find a common denominator in our obsessive, compulsive patterns which renders any personal differences of sexual orientation or gender identity irrelevant. Some of us have found that our stories formed in other fellowships that mentioned our addictive nature did not simply cease to exist after we stopped drinking and using.

Sadly, obsession and compulsion had continued to run us, albeit in other areas. Sobriety from alcohol had brought many blessings indeed, but for some, in itself was incomplete.

Welcome home. We hope this group may be of help to you.