As a ‘sex offender’ treatment provider, you regularly encounter individuals whose sexual behaviors have caused significant harm to others, led to criminal charges, incarceration, loss of family relationships, and profound shame and isolation. S.L.A.A. is a resource to help appropriate clients build accountability, sexual sobriety, and healthier relationship patterns that last long after the completion of formal treatment or supervision.
Dear Provider,
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (S.L.A.A.) is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition-based fellowship that supports individuals seeking recovery from sex and love addiction. While S.L.A.A. is not a treatment program and does not replace clinical care or mandated interventions, many members participate alongside specialized treatment for sexual offending or other high-risk behaviors.
As a ‘sex offender’ treatment provider, you regularly encounter individuals whose sexual behaviors have caused significant harm to others, led to criminal charges, incarceration, loss of family relationships, and profound shame and isolation. S.L.A.A. is a resource to help appropriate clients build accountability, sexual sobriety, and healthier relationship patterns that last long after the completion of formal treatment or supervision.
Many people who identify as sex and love addicts describe obsessive-compulsive sexual and relational patterns that escalate over time, even in the face of severe consequences. These may include compulsive use of legal and illegal pornography, serial affairs, chronic boundary violations, or repeated engagement in situations where consent, legality, or safety are compromised. Frequently, this mirrors historical behavior patterns of individuals with sexual harm convictions.
S.L.A.A. does not provide legal advice or risk assessment, but it does offer a community of individuals committed to rigorous honesty, behavioral change, and spiritual and emotional growth.
The S.L.A.A. program centers on defining personal bottom-line behaviors, building honesty and accountability with a sponsor, and working the Twelve Steps as a way of life. Members are encouraged to take responsibility for their actions and work within a peer-support context that emphasizes anonymity and safety. For some clients, this ongoing fellowship can help sustain gains made in treatment once the structure of group therapy or mandated programming concludes.
S.L.A.A. literature includes self-assessment tools and other resource materials addressing both compulsive acting out and anorexic avoidance of intimacy. Meetings are available in many regions and online, where individuals can connect with others who understand their struggles and are working to change.
Please consider providing your clients with information about S.L.A.A. or invite them to review our literature and meeting options. We also encourage you to share this resource with colleagues in correctional, forensic, and outpatient settings who may be seeking ongoing support for their clients.
