There is hope

12 Step recovery has helped countless men and women recover from Alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling, compulsive over eating, debting and other behaviors.

There are several 12 Step programs for sex addiction in the St. Louis area; SAA, SCA and SLAA.  Why so many?  Unlike AA, sex addicts cannot simply "put the plug in the jug".  Sex is a normal healthy part of the human condition.  There simply is no one best fit for everyone in sexual recovery.  It is up to the individual to discover for themselves what healthy sexuality is.

 

There is one common element in all sexual recovery programs:  The 12 Steps.

The 12 Steps of Recovery from Sexual Addiction

1.  We admitted we were powerless over sexual addiction - that our lives had become unmanageable.

2.  Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3.  Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood God.

4.  Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.

5.  Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.

6.  Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.

7.  Humbly asked God to remover our shortcomings.

8.  Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.

9.  Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.

11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God's will for us and the power to carry that out.