SAA is not the only organzation dedicated to 12 step sexual addition recovery. Here are a few more that have meetings in Ohio and West Virginia.
The following statements regarding the organization's purpose are taken from the individual Websites.
- Codependents of Sexual Addiction (COSA): For friends and family members whose lives have been affected by another person's compulsive sexual behavior.
- 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. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop lusting and become sexually sober. There are no dues or fees for SA membership; we are self-supporting through our own contributions. SA is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization, or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy; neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sexually sober and help others to achieve sexual sobriety. (There are English, Spanish and German language versions at this web site.)
- Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) 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, and seek a relationship with a higher power to counter the destructive consequences of one or more addictive behaviors related to sex addiction, addiction to love, 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.