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We have a solution. We don't claim it's for everybody, but for us, it works. If you identify with us and think you may share our problem, we'd like to share our solution with you (Sexaholics Anonymous, 2).

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In defining sobriety, we do not speak for those outside Sexaholics Anonymous. We can only speak for ourselves. Thus, for the married sexaholic, sexual sobriety means having no form of sex with self or with persons other than the spouse. In SA's sobriety definition, the term "spouse" refers to one's partner in a marriage between a man and a woman. For the unmarried sexaholic, sexual sobriety means freedom from sex of any kind. And for all of us, single and married alike, sexual sobriety also includes progressive victory over lust (Sexaholics Anonymous 191-192).

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Passed by the General Delegate Assembly February 2010

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The only requirement for SA membership is a desire to stop lusting and become sexually sober according to the SA sobriety definition.

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Any two or more sexaholics gathered together for SA sobriety according to the SA sobriety definition may call themselves an SA group.

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Meetings that do not adhere to and follow Sexaholics Anonymous' sobriety statement as set forth in the foregoing Statement of Principle adopted by the General Delegate Assembly in 2010 are not SA meetings and shall not call themselves SA meetings.

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Addendum to the Statement of Principle passed by the General Delegate Assembly on July 2016.

Our Sobriety Definition

How do we define sobriety in Sexaholics Anonymous?

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  • No form of sex with yourself, including masturbation

  • No form of sex with anyone other than your heterosexual spouse

  • Progressive victory over lust

 

Here’s our full “Statement of Principle,” which provides a fuller explanation of our understanding of sobriety:

SA INTERNATIONAL

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Visit our parent organization at SA.org

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HOW WE DEFINE SOBRIETY

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  • 1) No form of sex with yourself, including masturbation

  • 2) No form of sex with anyone other than your heterosexual spouse

  • 3) Progressive victory over lust


Why do we define sobriety in this way? Click here for a full explanation.

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