Welcoming to women meetings

Meetings who want you to know they are “Welcoming to Women”

Most SAA meetings are “mixed,” meaning that they are open to all genders. All mixed meetings are welcoming to all genders, including, of course women. There are many more men in SAA than women, so meetings may not be used to women sex addicts. Despite their intention to welcome women they may seem unfriendly or discuss topics which a woman might find difficult. So, how does a woman find one that is welcoming?

The meetings listed on this page want you to know that they welcome women at their meetings.

The SAA Women’s Intergroup intends to list meetings that are approachable, welcoming, and safe – friendly to women. We want to hear from groups that support our Vision and Mission; for example, they may:

• provide contact information for women,
• have one or more women attending, or
• offer a separate phone list for women members.

If this describes your mixed-gender, women-only, LGBTQ+, or open meeting, we encourage you to register as a Member Meeting with the SAA Women’s Intergroup at your business meeting. Register your Women-only or “Welcoming to Women” meeting with Women’s Intergroup. We list registered member meetings (below), and we send announcements for our Intergroup’s Business Meetings, where your members (of all genders) may attend and vote.

Registering meetings as”Welcoming to Women”

About 80% of SAA meetings are “Mixed”. But in practice, many are men-only. Most men welcome women to their meeting but some can seem unfriendly to women. The meetings listed have taken steps to consciously understand and welcome the woman sex addict.

The SAA Women’s Intergroup wants to help. We want to find approachable, welcoming, safe meetings friendly to women. We seek meetings with (i) contacts just for women and (ii) one or more women attending regularly.

If this describes your meeting (Mixed, Women-only, LGBTQ+, or Open), we encourage you to register your meeting with the SAA Women’s Intergroup as a member meeting. The Intergroup will list registered meetings on our women-focused website on the “Welcoming to Women” page.

Registered meetings receive monthly announcements, and their members (all genders) may attend and vote at our monthly meetings.

Register your meeting

Registration will also help the Women’s Intergroup to be more representative. Registered meetings receive monthly announcements, and their members (all genders) may attend and vote at our monthly meetings.

Great tips for helping women to stay at meetings and access recovery.

“To carry the message of recovery to the (woman) sex addict who still suffers and to support the (woman) sex addict who continues with her journey of recovery.”

SAA Women’s Intergroup Vision

“To produce, support, and financially assist women-only retreats, workshops, events, activities, and initiatives focused on sexual addiction recovery; to support the women’s outreach initiatives of other SAA groups; and to provide information, encouragement, and financial assistance for individual women to participate in these events.”

SAA Women’s Intergroup Mission Statement