Newcomers

What is Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous?


Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous. 

The only qualification for SLAA membership is a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction. SLAA is supported entirely through the contributions of its membership and is free to all who need it.

To counter the destructive consequences of sex and love addiction, we draw on five major resources:​

  1. Sobriety. Our willingness to stop acting out in our own personal bottom-line addictive behavior on a daily basis.
  2. Sponsorship / Meetings. Our capacity to reach out for the supportive fellowship within SLAA.
  3. Steps. Our practice of the Twelve Step program of recovery to achieve sexual and emotional sobriety.
  4. Service. Our giving back to the SLAA community what we continue to freely receive.
  5. Spirituality. Our developing a relationship with a Power greater than ourselves which can guide and sustain us in recovery.

As a fellowship SLAA has no opinion on outside issues and seeks no controversy. SLAA is not affiliated with any other organizations, movements or causes, either religious or secular.

We are, however, united in a common focus: dealing with our addictive sexual and emotional behavior. We find a common denominator in our obsessive/compulsive patterns, which transcends any personal differences of sexual orientation or gender identity.

We need protect with special care the anonymity of every SLAA  member. Additionally we try to avoid drawing undue attention to SLAA as a whole from the public media. 

The SLAA Preamble©1985, 2003, 2012 The Augustine Fellowship, SLAA, Fellowship-Wide Services, Inc.All Rights Reserved.

Addictive Patterns

Test Yourself

How We Meet

The Sex and Love Addict Anonymous Basic Text tells us that meeting to support each other is vital to our recovery. 

The formality of having a regularly scheduled SLAA meeting, even if only two are present, can lead to a deepening sense of personal commitment in furthering the recognition of sex and love addiction by others who need to withdraw from it. A meeting can also serve as a focal point for sharing experience, strength and hope concerning recovery from sex and love addiction…*SLAA Basic Text © 1985 The Augustine Fellowship, S.L.A.A., Fellowship-Wide Services, Inc.

Across Australia, there are three ways of meeting. 

  • Face-to-face: traditional meetings in person
  • Online/phone : meeting via Zoom, Skype or phone, 
  • Hybrid meetings: meeting in person, with some joining online

Meetings

​If you have a desire to be free from sex and love addiction, all SLAA meetings welcome newcomers – you can just show up.

The Australian Meeting Calendar can be filtered by state, region, day or meeting type as well as searched. Meeting times are in the time zone on your device

Australian Meetings by location and type

Australian Meeting Calendar
International Meeting Calendar

Frequently asked Questions

Download the Welcome Booklet

The SLAA Australia Welcome booklet has been designed as a brief overview and welcome for the SLAA Program.

It explains sex and love addiction, outlines the SLAA recovery program based on the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, and offers practical guidance for attending meetings and beginning recovery. It includes tools for newcomers, the Twelve Characteristics of addiction, Twelve Signs of Recovery, and Twelve Promises. Emphasising acceptance, support, and spiritual growth, the booklet encourages individuals to seek healing from compulsive sexual and emotional behaviours through fellowship, sponsorship, and personal transformation.

Download the Welcome Booklet.

Resources​