Finding A Sponsor

Resources for finding a Sponsor (or being a sponsor) include:

• SAA Pamphlet: Getting a Sponsor (on-line; also available from SAA store)
• SAA Pamphlet: A Special Welcome to the Woman Newcomer includes a section on finding a sponsor (online, also available from SAA Office store)
  
• SAA Booklet: Tools of Recovery contains a section on Sponsorship (online; also available from SAA Office store)
• Our “Basic Text, Sex Addicts Anonymous  (i.e., “The Green Book”), Chapter Two, pages 13 and 14; also, Story # 2, “A Phone Call Saved Her Life,” starting on page 114
  
• Women’s Outreach Committee: the Grace list contains names of those who are willing to sponsor; contact “Grace” by emailing your request to grace@saa-women.org
• Many women find gay men (especially) as sponsors when there are no women available to sponsor them.
  
• LGBT Outreach Committee: Committee members willing to sponsor other LGBTQ+ members may be reached by emailing glbt@saa-recovery.org with your request.
• Your local Intergroup may have resources to help you find a sponsor.

See also:

• Sponsors Helping Sponsors is a weekly discussion group and meeting;
• LGBTQ+ Workshop for Newcomers (including help for LGBTQ+ members finding sponsors).
• For lists of persons willing to sponsor — Sponsor Lists

Note: There is no “rule” that says a woman must have a woman (or a gay man) as a sponsor. However, Sex Addicts Anonymous (“the green book”) on page 13 does say, “It is recommended that we don’t enter into a sponsorship relationship with anyone we are attracted to sexually …”

Resources for sponsoring, or becoming a sponsor:

Sponsors Helping Sponsors also includes a library of over 70 recorded “Sponsors Helping Sponsors” discussions, for those who are or hope to be a sponsor.