There are different types of meetings such as speaker meetings or check-in. There are also special focus eg women or intimacy avoidance. Explore them and decide which type works for you.
- Women-only meetings (online, telemeetings or local meetings)
- Men-only meetings
- Mixed meetings are for all genders
- LGBT and LGBT-friendly meetings – many women find such meetings more inclusive and accepting of women than some other mixed meetings.
- Open meetings (visitors or guests welcome) this may help if you are not sure you are a sex addict, or not willing to self identify as one.
- Marathon Holiday Meetings
- Special focus meetings
Meetings are listed on these websites:
- This website! SAAforwomen.org
- SAA-recovery.org
- SAAtalk.info
- On local Intergroup webpages webpages eg UK, Indiana, Israel
“Meetings are the heart of the SAA fellowship. At meetings we emerge from our shame, secrecy, and fear, into a community of people who share the common goal of freedom from sex addiction.”
Sex Addicts Anonymous, page 10
“The only requirement for SAA membership is a desire to stop addictive sexual behavior“
SAA Tradition Three
“Dear Grace” articles
Belonging when you don’t hear stories like your own, page 6 in The Outer Circle for March – April, 2021
Dealing with Triggering Stories, page 12, in The Outer Circle for March – April, 2016
It’s Time for Women to Claim Their Seat in SAA page 12, in The Outer Circle for May – June, 2016
Evah’s Story
Evah writes about finding women-only meetings. (From the Outer Circle – March – April 2022 on pages 6-7 in the “Dear Grace Column”
Open meetings – open to guests and visitors
An open meeting is open to anyone who wishes to attend. This may include family members, healthcare professionals and anyone who has an interest in Sex Addicts Anonymous
Local open meetings
There are hundreds of local Open Meetings (usually, local, or face-to-face, but electronic as well) listed by the SAA Meetings page.
Local meetings can be found on the SAA International Service Organization Meetings webpage
See the image below for how to set the filter to locate Open meetings:
- Under Access, set “Open to visitors”;
- Choose the meeting Makeup (“All”, “Mixed”, “Men” or “Women”);
- Choose your Language;
- Enter your approximate location;
- Click Search.
Online and phone open meetings
The Telemeeting Intergroup lists electronic meetings (“Telemeetings”) only, that are “Open”; go to SAAtalk.info, click on Find a Telemeeting, and set Attendance to “Open.”
Here is a recent list of these meetings; click on the meeting name for your local time, and meeting details:
| Name, Day | |
| Half Hour of Power(lessness) – 11th Step Meditation Sunday | |
| Half Hour of Power(lessness) – 11th Step Meditation Monday | |
| Intimacy in Partnership Tuesday | |
| Half Hour of Power(lessness) – 11th Step Meditation Tuesday | |
| Global SAA Telemeetings Tuesday | |
| WedBBStudy Wednesday | |
| Open Intimacy & Sexual Avoidance Wednesday | |
| Half Hour of Power(lessness) – 11th Step Meditation Wednesday | |
| Open Intimacy & Sexual Avoidance Wednesday | |
| Primary Purpose Big Book Study Group Wednesday | |
| Open Intimacy & Sexual Avoidance Thursday | |
| Half Hour of Power(lessness) – 11th Step Meditation Thursday | |
| SAAPPG Big Book Study Thursday PM Thursday | |
| In The Rooms Friday Night 8 pm Meeting Friday | |
| Open Intimacy & Sexual Avoidance Saturday | |
| Speaker Saapp Saturday Night Saturday |
Closed meetings
A closed meeting is restricted to those who have a desire to stop their addictive sexual behaviours.
Mixed Meetings (for all genders)
Mixed meetings are for all genders. Most meetings are mixed meetings.
Meetings listed as “mixed” may only have men attending, although they welcome all genders.
If a man is uncomfortable with a woman attending a meeting (sometimes blaming their wife or partner) they will be directed to Men’s Only meetings.
Online or phone meetings
These meetings are primarily listed in two places:
Local (in-person) meetings
Local in-person meetings are listed on SAA-recovery.org
There may be more meetings listed on local Intergroup websites. (These meetings will show on saa-recovery.org once they have been registered.
Marathon holiday meetings
The Telemeeting Intergroup lists Marathon Holiday Meetings and Fellowship SAA Events.
Recently, the ISA Intergroup has hosted 10-hour OPEN (members and guests) meetings for:
- New Years Day
- 4th of July
- Labor Day (U.S.)
- Thanksgiving (American)
- Christmas
- New Year’s Eve
Intimacy and sexual avoidance [ISA] meeting
The Telemeeting Intergroup [TIG] includes a list of ISA meetings under Resources.
Information on all meetings:
- email: grace@saa-women.org, (for women only)
- The SAA International Service Organization [ISO] office is based in Houston, Texas.
- Phone 1.800.477.8191 (US/Canada) or 1-713-869-4902, during office hours [10:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT/US]
- Email info@saa-recovery.org