If you answer yes to any combination of these questions and think you may be struggling with sex and love addiction, you are welcome in S.L.A.A. To help you make this decision, it is suggested that you complete the 40 Questions for Self-Diagnosis. You may be experiencing one or all of these characteristics, but only you can decide for sure if S.L.A.A. To avoid feeling vulnerable, we may retreat from all intimate involvement,…Excerpts from the Twelve Characteristics of Sex and Love Addiction ©1985.We sexualize stress, guilt, loneliness, anger, shame, fear and envy.….We confuse love with neediness, physical and sexual attraction, pity and/or the need to rescue or be rescued.Fearing abandonment and loneliness, we stay in and return to painful, destructive relationships….Having few healthy boundaries, we become sexually involved with and/or emotionally attached to people without knowing them.The following behaviors have been experienced by members. We find a common denominator in our obsessive/compulsive patterns, which transcends any personal differences of sexual orientation or gender identity.
We are united in a common focus: dealing with our addictive sexual and emotional behavior.
We use the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous to recover from these compulsions. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, or S.L.A.A., is a program for anyone who suffers from an addictive compulsion to engage in or avoid sex, love, or emotional attachment.
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