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Literature
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Resources: Other Sexual Recovery Fellowships

Literature

Literature is our "portable program," giving us a means of keeping ourselves in touch with our recovery any time we need it.  SCA has developed a number of pieces of its own literature.  SCA members also find that using literature from other 12-step fellowships, particularly that of Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon Family Groups, has been very helpful.  There are also a number of books on the nature of sexual compulsion and addiction and on recovery from sexual compulsion that are available commercially; while SCA does not endorse outside enterprises, many SCA members have found literature of this nature to be helpful.

Here is a list of literature available from SCA:

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous: A Program of Recovery “The Little Blue Book” describes the program of SCA. It is written by members and includes the 12 Steps/12 Traditions adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous, 14 Characteristics we have in common, The Tools that Help us Get Better and chapters on Sobriety / Recovery Plans, Sponsorship, Service, what happens at Meetings, how to avoid slips, masturbation, shame and a brief history of the program followed by some useful prayers and meeting formats.

Moving Through Withdrawal. WITHDRAWAL. The word brought up hideous images: addicts curled up in a fetal position, writhing in agony, or crying out in pain. We feared withdrawal and desperately tried to avoid it. As the book “Alcoholics Anonymous” says: “We thought we could find an easier, softer way. But we could not.” The only way out of withdrawal, we found, is to go through it."

We often think of withdrawal only in terms of substances. This piece of literature speaks directly about the experiences of withdrawal for recovering sex addicts.

NEW—El Librito Azul: El Programa de SCA. A draft/working translation into Spanish of “The Little Blue Book of SCA”.  Translated up to the suggested “sex plan” format. More will be available once we get feedback on this draft.
Sorry this is not yet available for purchase

How to Start an SCA Meeting:  Describes how to start an SCA meeting (this appears as a chapter in the Little Blue Book but is still available as a pamphlet).

Q&A: A Guide for Newcomers to Sexual Compulsives Anonymous

Secret Shame: Sexual Compulsion in the Lives of Gay Men and Lesbians (this appears as a chapter in the Little Blue Book but is still available as a pamphlet)

For the Newcomer : a brief description of the program in a four fold leaflet format.

“Four Fold”: A compact leaflet reference including our Statement of Purpose, Twelve Suggested Steps, Fourteen Characteristics, and more in a leaflet format. This is also available in Spanish. 

The Tool of Writing: Describes how writing, in various forms, can benefit an individual in working a program of recovery from sexual compulsion.

Starter Kit: This kit is designed specifically to help you  start a meeting in your area and includes 5 Blue Books, 10 newcomer, 10 four folds, 10 Q&A , 10 Sexual  Recovery Plan Guides, an International Meeting List and an excerpt of the “How to Start an SCA meeting” chapter of the Blue Book.

Public Service Radio Announcement Kit:  A reel to reel tape with a recorded 30 and 60 second radio public service announcement giving out our national “hotline” telephone number. 

International Meeting List: Includes contacts in cities without meetings. (it is also available online)   

The SCAnner: Our international newsletter available as a current issue and in special editions.  Past issues are available online.  Click the link to access the SCAnner archive.

To order SCA literature, follow this link to order online.  Or, follow this link to access the mail-in order form.

Chips

The giving of chips is a tool that some meetings use to celebrate periods of sobriety.  AA and other 12-Step fellowships use chips to remind themselves of the progress that they have made in their programs.   Many SCA meetings also use chips to acknowledge continued abstinence from sexually compulsive behavior or for those who stay on their sexual recovery plan.   SCA as a whole does not have their own chips to distribute to the fellowship.   However, meetings from different cities have used chips from other fellowships or have contacted vendors who have produced chips for them.  Click on the link to find  information about how to incorporate chips into a meeting and a list of places as possible resources to obtain chips to use at SCA meetings.  SCA does not officially endorse any of these businesses.  This list is simply to give you a starting point for locating chips for your meetings.
 

Resources: Other Sexual Recovery Fellowships

The following 12-Step fellowships for sexual compulsives participate in the Interfellowship Forum, a group dedicated to promoting cooperation among sexual recovery fellowships.  Some of these fellowships have provided to the Interfellowship Forum a brief definition of themselves, which are quoted below.  These fellowships may have meetings in areas where no SCA meetings exist; see the individual fellowship websites for details.

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA)
"SCA is a 12-Step fellowship, inclusive of all sexual orientations, open to anyone with a desire to recover from sexual compulsion. We are not group therapy, but a spiritual program that provides a safe environment for working on problems of sexual addiction and sexual sobriety.  We believe we are not meant 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. Members are encouraged to develop a sexual recovery plan, defining sexual sobriety for themselves.  There are no requirements for admission to our meetings: anyone having difficulties with sexual compulsion is welcome."

Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA)
"Sex Addicts Anonymous is a twelve-step program of recovery based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. Our primary purpose is to stop our addictive sexual behavior and to help others recover from their sexual addiction. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop addictive sexual behavior. Our fellowship is open to women and men regardless of religion, race, ethnic background, marital status, sexual orientation, or profession. Our members define their own sexual boundaries with the guidance of their sponsors and other group members. We encourage our members to discover and explore what healthy sexuality means to them."

Sexaholics Anonymous (SA)
"Sexaholics's 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. Our primary purpose is to stay sexually sober and help others to achieve sexual sobriety.  In defining sobriety, we do not speak for those outside Sexaholics Anonymous. We can only speak for ourselves. Thus, for the married sexaholics, sexual sobriety means having no form of sex with self or with persons other than the spouse. For the unmarried sexaholic, sexual sobriety means freedom from sex of any kind. And for all of us, single and married alike, sexual sobriety includes progressive victory over lust."

Sexual Recovery Anonymous (SRA)
Sexual Recovery Anonymous (SRA) is a l2-step fellowship. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop compulsive sexual behavior. Our primary purpose is to stay sexually sober and help others achieve sobriety. Sobriety is the release from all compulsive and destructive sexual behaviors. We have found through our experience that sobriety includes freedom from masturbation and from sex outside a mutually committed relationship. We believe that spirituality and self-love are antidotes to the addiction.

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA)
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a Twelve Step - Twelve Tradition oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous.  One of the resources we draw on is our willingness to stop acting out in our own personal bottom line addictive behavior on a daily basis. In addition, members reach out to others in the fellowship, practice the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions of S.L.A.A. and seek a relationship with a higher power 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 or gender orientation irrelevant.

The following 12-Step fellowships are known to SCA and are for friends and family of sexual compulsives, or for couples.
Codependents of Sexual Addiction (COSA), for families and friends of sex addicts
S-Anon International Family Groups, for families and friends of sex addicts
Recovering Couples Anonymous (RCA)
SCA-Anon, an online group for families and friends of sexually compulsive people
COSLAA, a 12 step recovery program for family, friends, and significant others whose lives have been affected by a sex and love addict