Because identification is of paramount importance to the person who is seeking recovery, Opiates Anonymous has a single purpose as outlined in our Fifth Tradition: “Each group has but one primary purpose – to carry its message to the addict who still suffers.” Through identification with our experiences, new members may discover that we were once just as hopeless as they were but that we have since recovered from a hopeless state of mind, body, and spirit. We use the book Alcoholics Anonymous as our guide because it is the original text from which all twelve step programs were formed. If you are willing and open-minded perhaps it may work for you as well.Īt our meetings, our members share their experience so others can identify with what we were like and how we were able to find a solution for addiction based on the instructions laid out in the book: Alcoholics Anonymous. What we can offer you is a solution that has worked for us and others. We wish to assure you that we do not have a monopoly on a solution for opiate addiction. The only requirement for SA membership is a desire to stop lusting and become sexually sober according to the SA sobriety definition.Īny two or more sexaholics gathered together for SA sobriety according to SA sobriety definition may call themselves an SA group And for all of us, single and married alike, sexual sobriety also includes progressive victory over lust (Sexaholics Anonymous, 191-192). For the unmarried sexaholic, sexual sobriety means freedom from sex of any kind.
In SA’s sobriety definition, the term “spouse” refers to one’s partner in a marriage between a man and a woman.
Thus, for the married sexaholic, sexual sobriety means having no form of sex with self or with persons other than the spouse. In defining sobriety, we do not speak for those outside Sexaholics Anonymous. As sexual preoccupation increases in terms of energy and time, the sex addict follows a routine or ritual leading to acting out on desires, which is then followed by feelings of denial then shame, despair and confusion. Most sex addicts do not know how to achieve genuine intimacy, forming little or no attachment to their sexual partners.Įventually, the pursuit of sex becomes more important than family, career and even personal health and safety. Sex addicts struggle to control or postpone sexual feelings and actions. Sex addiction, also known as hypersexual disorder, is characterized by persistent and escalating sexual thoughts and acts that have a negative impact on the individual’s life.
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