As a prison official, treatment coordinator, corrections counselor, or chaplain, you will likely encounter individuals whose sexual and relational behaviors have contributed to their offenses, institutional infractions, conflicts with staff and peers, and repeated returns to custody. S.L.A.A. is a tool to support incarcerated individuals in developing accountability, emotional regulation, and healthier patterns of intimacy to reduce risk and support successful reentry.
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (S.L.A.A.) is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition-oriented fellowship that supports individuals seeking recovery from sex and love addiction. S.L.A.A. is not a treatment program and does not take positions on legal matters. Many members have criminal justice involvement and find S.L.A.A. helps them build a new way of living during and after incarceration.
As a prison official, treatment coordinator, corrections counselor, or chaplain, you will likely encounter individuals whose sexual and relational behaviors have contributed to their offenses, institutional infractions, conflicts with staff and peers, and repeated returns to custody. S.L.A.A. is a tool to support incarcerated individuals in developing accountability, emotional regulation, and healthier patterns of intimacy to reduce risk and support successful reentry.
Many people who identify as sex and love addicts describe long-standing patterns of obsessive sexual or romantic pursuit, boundary violations, and emotional dependency that escalate despite serious consequences. Others swing to the opposite extreme, withdrawing from all meaningful connection and mistaking emotional and sexual anorexia for safety, while remaining deeply lonely and vulnerable to relapse. These dynamics can complicate institutional adjustment, programming, and post-release planning.
S.L.A.A. offers a framework for personal responsibility through defining bottom-line behaviors, maintaining sobriety one day at a time, and working the Twelve Steps with a sponsor. Members are encouraged to take accountability in all areas of life. For incarcerated individuals, this can translate into better participation in reentry programs, and improved relationships with staff and peers.
Our fellowship has experience supporting meetings in correctional settings and providing literature and correspondence through prison outreach efforts. S.L.A.A. literature includes self-diagnostic tools and descriptions of the characteristics of sex and love addiction that can help individuals understand their behavior patterns and consider change.
We invite you to request information on literature, meeting formats, and ways incarcerated individuals can connect with the fellowship. We welcome inquiries from chaplains and program staff about S.L.A.A.
Sincerely,
Fellowship-Wide Services, S.L.A.A.
