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Overcoming lust through the 12-steps of Sexaholics Anonymous
Sexaholics Anonymous New Zealand is part of a worldwide fellowship.
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A programme of recovery for those seeking freedom from lust
Sexaholics Anonymous is a 12-step recovery programme for individuals seeking freedom from lust and sexual sobriety. Our fellowship in New Zealand provides a supportive, anonymous space for those committed to sexual sobriety according to Sexaholics Anonymous principles.
In Sexaholics Anonymous, sobriety is defined as "no sex with self or others outside of marriage, and progressive victory over lust." Our programme is based on spiritual principles and the experience of thousands of recovering sexaholics. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop lusting and become sexually sober.© 1982, 1989, 2001 SA Literature. Reprinted with permission of SA Literature.
Whether you're struggling with pornography, acting out behaviors, or other patterns that feel out of control, you'll find understanding and support in our fellowship.
The SA Statement of Principle (2010)
We have a solution. We don’t claim it’s for everybody, but for us, it works. If you identify with us and think you may share our problem, we’d like to share our solution with you (Sexaholics Anonymous, last sentence, page 2).
In defining sobriety, we do not speak for those outside Sexaholics Anonymous. We can only speak for ourselves. Thus, for the married sexaholic, sexual sobriety means having no form of sex with self or with persons other than the spouse. In SA’s sobriety definition, the term “spouse” refers to one’s partner in a marriage between a man and a woman. For the unmarried sexaholic, sexual sobriety means freedom from sex of any kind. And for all of us, single and married alike, sexual sobriety also includes progressive victory over lust (Sexaholics Anonymous, White Book, 191-192).
The only requirement for SA membership is a desire to stop lusting and become sexually sober according to the SA sobriety definition.
Any two or more sexaholics gathered together for SA sobriety according to SA sobriety definition may call themselves an SA group.
Meetings that do not adhere to and follow Sexaholics Anonymous’ sobriety statement as set forth in the foregoing Statement of Principle adopted by the General Delegate Assembly in 2010 are not SA meetings and shall not call themselves SA meetings.
Addendum to the Statement of Principle passed by the General Delegate Assembly on July 8, 2016.