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  Sexual addiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sex addiction appears to be a psychological addiction, although it can be argued that the hormones released while engaging in the behaviour creates a physiological response.
Brenda, a character from HBO's Six Feet Under, was a sex addict on the show, and while the portrayal may seem to be accurate to a point, the problem also seemed to disappear almost as fast as it appeared.
Sex addicts may relate to periods where Brenda was having lots of dangerous and anonymous sex, but may disagree with her recovery resulting from very little counselling or intervention.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sexual_addiction   (1553 words)

  
 Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SLAA was started in Newton, Massachusetts, in 1976 by members of Alcoholics Anonymous who discovered that they had problems with sex and love which they could not freely discuss in AA meetings, so a new 12-Step program of recovery was born.
As the addict recovers, it is important to give back that which was so freely given, the ability to recover in a safe and sober manner.
Although there are certain dependent behaviors though which partners of addicts may find themselves attracted to or attached to a sex addict, often it is through no fault of their own that they are in relationship to the addict.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/SLAA   (2551 words)

  
 Addicted to Love: Sex, Love & Compulsion
For addicts, sex isn't an expression of love or a pleasurable pastime, but an obsessive force that causes trance-like states of arousal and overpowering urges to act out sexual fantasies.
Sex addicts, then, may not be addicted to sex so much as they're dependent upon the physical and psychological arousal triggered by constant "doses" of PEA and stress-related neurotransmitters.
Sex addicts also frequently suffer from intense depression and anxiety, often fueled by the fear of discovery.
www.doitnow.org /pages/173.html   (1676 words)

  
 This Is A War - ADDICTION
You may be a sex addict if you are engaging in one or more repetitive sexual behaviors which interfere with healthy living and result in significant stress to both you and your partner or other family members.
SAA: Sex Addicts Anonymous This program is open to both heterosexual and homosexual men and women who want to learn to abstain from self-defined "bottom-line behaviors" such as compulsive Internet sex, use of prostitutes, massage parlors, and the like.
SLAA: Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous This program is similar to SAA in that both heterosexual and homosexual men and women are welcome to attend.
www.thisisawar.com /AddictionSex.htm   (1840 words)

  
 Recovery from Sexual Addiction
One wife of a sex addict recounted her experience that although she was unaware of what her husband was actually doing in the midst of his addiction, she couldn’t help feeling both used and neglected at the same time.
The sex life the couple had at home was marked by his insatiable fantasies leaving her feeling inadequate whenever they actually had sex.
Sex addicts spend almost all their time being preoccupied with sex, whether or not they are acting out.
www.markelliot.com /RSA.htm   (1229 words)

  
 SAA Carolinas Intergroup Web Site for Sex Addiction
It is through these fundamental tools that we sex addicts open ourselves to the reality of recovery in our loves one day at a time.
The SAA Carolinas Intergroup is an autonomous registered fellowship composed of registered groups of people recovering from sex addiction who follow the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Sex Addicts Anonymous ' ' (SAA).
Sex Addicts Anonymous is not allied with any organization, does not wish to engage in any controversy, and neither endorses nor opposes any causes.
saacarolinas.org   (358 words)

  
 Sex Addicts Anonymous in Indiana
Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other so they may stop their compulsive sexual behavior and help others to recover from sexual addiction and dependency.
The Indiana Intergroup of SAA (IISAA) is an autonomous registered fellowship composed of registered groups of recovering sex addicts who follow the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Sex Addicts Anonymous.
Anonymity and confidentiality are essential for an SAA meeting being a safe place.
www.indiana-saa.org   (403 words)

  
 Addicted to Sex Sexual Addiction Sex Addicts
The fact that it was written from compilation of surveys from 1000 sex addicts in recovery, gives it unique credibility, many helpful insights and advise.
In his article he states: "A behavior becomes an addiction when the addict can't stop despite negative consequences, mood alteration occurs, the addict is in denial, the behavior is chronic and escalating, and withdrawal symptoms appear when the behavior is stopped.
A good resource for articles on women and sex addiction, homosexuality and sex addiction, how to tell if you are addicted to sex and many more.
www.chatcheaters.com /addicted-to-sex.html   (349 words)

  
 Sex Addiction / Survivors KC Links
Sexual Recovery Anonymous (SRA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience,...
Sex Addiction Recovery - Colorado - Sex Addicts Anonymous is a 12 Step...
Sex Addicts Anonymous is a 12 Step group dealing with compulsive and addictive sexual behavior.
www.survivorskc.com /links?c=22   (218 words)

  
 Organizations
Although their annual convention is conducted jointly with SAA, at a local level the six COSA meetings conduct their own retreats and participate quite independently as a peer of all other "S" meetings.
SAA originated in Minneapolis MN in 1977, when a group often men (nine psychotherapists and a judge) began a very clandestine weekly meeting.
To this day, most of their 655 meetings are careful not to publicize meeting locations, offering access only by a post office box or a published phone number and then meeting inquirers at a local restaurant before escorting them to the first meeting.
www.sarr.org /organizations.htm   (2698 words)

  
 Sex, Love, Relationship and Pornography Addiction Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
For partners of sex & love addicted people seeking support & recovery from their own addictive patterns with their sex & love addicted partners.
Online support group for people who have become addicted to sex chat & realize the harm this addiction has caused in their lives.
Anonymous forum where people can discuss their struggle with Pornography Addiction, whether it is personal or someone else's addiction.
open-mind.org /Sex-Love.htm   (1355 words)

  
 Sex Is the Drug
For a sex addict, the pursuit of pleasure isn't reserved for weekends.
And like substance abuse -- "marijuana leads to heroin" -- sex addicts not only devote increasing time and energy to sex, but they also tend to take ever bigger risks to get their kicks.
Some may scoff at 12-step programs for sex, but the idea that anything pleasurable can be addictive isn't just pop psychology or the legacy of puritans.
www.webmd.com /content/article/56/65736.htm   (322 words)

  
 What is Sexual Addiction?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A large number of sex addicts say their unhealthy use of sex has been a progressive process.
The essence of all addiction is the addicts' experience of powerlessness over a compulsive behavior, resulting in their lives becoming unmanageable.
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.
www.sexaa.org /addict.htm   (153 words)

  
 Schedule
Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover.
Sexaholics Anonymous is a recovery program based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous and received permission from AA to use its Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions in 1979.
Sexual Recovery Anonymous (SRA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover.
www.eugenesaa.com /s_links.html   (728 words)

  
 cyber sex
It refers to the act of “having cyber sex,” which in it’s shortest and most explicit definition is, “a combination of communication and masturbation.” It is a selfish gratification of one’s sexual desires while sharing one’s most intimate thoughts and fantasies with someone else.
Part of what determines whether someone is a sex addict is not just looking at the person's sexual behaviors, but also at how he or she is living his or her life.
We may not agree with the postulate of Sigmund Freud that sex is the most important driving force in man and that the fullest sexual development, both physical and psychological, is the goal to be achieved for a complex-free psyche.
www.salagram.net /cyber.html   (10253 words)

  
 Sex Addiction Recovery- Getting Started   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
A. Sex Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction and help others recover from sexual addiction and dependency.
Sex Addicts Anonymous is a spiritual program based on the principles and traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.
A. No. Sex Addicts Anonymous is not affiliated with any religious denomination.
www.colosaaintergroup.org /page4.html   (259 words)

  
 Home Page
Clarement SAA is an autonomous registered group composed of recovering sex addicts who follow the 12 steps and 12 traditions of Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA).
The views expressed on this website are those of Claremont SAA and do not necessarily reflect the views of the membership as a whole.
Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA) is a fellowship of men and women who share experience, strength, and hope in order to help each other to recover from sex addiction.
www.claremontsaa.org   (209 words)

  
 Sex Addicts Anonymous of Phoenix, Arizona
SAA is grounded in the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous.
The Phoenix Metropolitan Area Intergroup of SAA is an autonomous registered fellowship composed of registered groups of recovering sex addicts who follow the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of Sex Addicts Anonymous® (SAA).
The official website of Sex Addicts Anonymous® (http://www.saa-recovery.org) is overseen by the ISO of SAA, Inc., through its Board of Trustees who are elected by delegates who represent its member groups.
www.saa-phoenix.org   (478 words)

  
 Sexual Compulsives Anonymous - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA) is a twelve-step program to help people recover from sexual compulsion.
The organization's Web site suggests that they distinguish themselves from similar programs (Sex Addicts Anonymous, Sexaholics Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, and Sexual Recovery Anonymous, collectively called the "'S' fellowships") by welcoming members of all sexual orientations, and by encouraging healthy attitudes toward sex rather than complete sexual abstinence.
As their home page says, "We are not here to repress our God-given sexuality, but to learn how to express it in ways that will not make unreasonable demands on our time and energy, place us in legal jeopardy—or endanger our mental, physical or spiritual health."
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sexual_Compulsives_Anonymous   (178 words)

  
 Home
You feel sex is the most important thing in your life.
Most are but about 25% of addicts are women.
Sex addiction goes away when someone gets married.
www.hwvsaa.com   (330 words)

  
 Open Directory - Society: Sexuality: Sexual Addiction: Support Groups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Connecticut COSLAA - Codependents of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a Twelve Step recovery program for family, friends, and significant others whose lives have been affected by a sex and love addict.
Sex Addiction Recovery - Colorado - Sex Addicts Anonymous is a 12 Step group dealing with compulsive and addictive sexual behavior.
Sexaholics Anonymous - A fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover.
dmoz.org /Society/Sexuality/Sexual_Addiction/Support_Groups   (848 words)

  
 UTIN - Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
Map of 361 N. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a Twelve Step - Twelve Tradition oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous.
Many sex and love addicts have varying patterns which can result in very different ways of approaching and answering these questions.
Despite this fact, we have found that short, to-the-point questions have often provided as effective a tool for self-diagnosis as have lengthy explanations of what sex and love addiction is. We appreciate that the diagnosis of sex and love addiction is a matter that needs to be both very serious and very private.
www.utin.org /slaa.html   (1193 words)

  
 SAA for Helping Professionals - Washington, DC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Metropolitan Washington, DC Welcome to the contact page of Sex Addicts Anonymous for Helping Professionals in Washington, DC.
We are a local meeting of the national organization SAA.
The purpose of a "helping professionals" meeting is to provide a place where recovering helping professionals who serve sex addicts in their professional lives can meet with a sense of privacy and confidentiality.
www.saa-hp.com   (222 words)

  
 Sexual Recovery Institute :: Women Sex Addicts
The idea of being "love addicted" may be preferred by sexually addicted women because it fits the romantic, nurturer model of woman, whereas the term "sex addict" connotes an image of a "nymphomaniac", "slut", or "whore".
The elements of sex addiction in women are the same as in any addiction: compulsion, continuation despite adverse consequences, and preoccupation or obsession.
The majority of women sex addicts were sexually abused in childhood -- 78% in one study.
www.sexualrecovery.com /resources/articles/women.php   (547 words)

  
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As many as 6 percent of Americans may be so obsessed with sex it interferes with their lives, but experts can't agree how to treat these ``sex addicts'' _ or even if they're addicts.
Mary Ann Miller, a psychologist who founded the Chicago chapter of Sex Addicts Anonymous, has estimated that up to 6 percent of Americans are addicts.
But this relief is short-lived and negative feelings recur.'' Dr. Theresa Crenshaw, a San Diego physician and sex therapist who served on President Reagan's AIDS commission, said the sex addicts she treats ``want help.
ils.unc.edu /~viles/172i/users/big/docs/AP881031-0282   (601 words)

  
 Addiction Anonymous Sex
Sexual Compulsives Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from sexual compulsion.
SAA: Sex Addicts Anonymous This program is open to both heterosexual and homosexual men and...
Sex Addicts Anonymous, S.A.A., is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction...
www.hsvtrader.com /health/list1/14/health661.html   (377 words)

  
 Doc No's Olde Fashion C-Clamps & Vice Grips   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
I guess I never really put all that much thought into it, but whenever I heard someone mention Sex Addicts Anonymous, I sort of figured it was a joke or, at best, some type of in-house prison program for sexual predators.
I mean, addict, not only can you attend group meetings, but seminars, workshops, and panel discussions, as well.
Anywhere else in the world, and they have sex in order to produce children who in turn are expected to survive disease and malnutrition in order to take care of their parents in old age.
www.avalon.net /~drno/texts/saa.htm   (1219 words)

  
 Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA) of Vancouver, British Columbia: Special Events
If your philosophy of recovery includes fun, exercises and a hell of a good time connecting with members from the program, I would like to invite you to join us in the downhill ski/snowboard group.
A brief journey through the 12-steps of recovery of SAA in one day.
"Serenity on the Sound" is a closed retreat open to all SAA and COSA members as well as other S-Recovery fellowships and adult family and friends in recovery.
www.saavancouver.org /special_events.html   (138 words)

  
 drogues du sexe, les sex and love addicts anonymous a Paris France
Quant à la dimension religieuse des Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, Il m'explique alors qu'elle est nécessaire à leur guérison, mais que beaucoup d'entre eux n'était pas croyants.
A mi-chemin entre stoïcisme et comportementalisme, les Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous rejettent toute visée thérapeutique, tout en soutenant cependant que leurs groupes aident à dépasser la dépendance sexuelle et àdevenir abstinent.
Les Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous sont des personnes avant tout en quête de leur identité et en proie à un narcissisme aigu pour qui le sexe est devenu une forme de folie.
www.cybertribes.com /drogues2.html   (3697 words)

  
 SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS, Ontario   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) is a 12-Step, 12-Tradition oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous.
The only qualification for SLAA membership is a desire to stop living out 24a pattern of sex and love addiction.
SLAA meetings are closed meetings, restricted to sex and love addicts (or those who think they may be sex and love addicts, i.e.
communitylinks.cioc.ca /details.asp?RSN=3486&Number=35   (254 words)

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