We are people who have a problem with our sexual thoughts or behaviors. Our experience is that we are addicted to lust and to compulsive sexual acts. For this reason we call ourselves Sexaholics. Practically none of us accepted at first that we were addicted. However, as we listened to others who said they were sexaholics, we came to believe that we do have a common problem and that we have a solution.

People addicted to alcohol discover that once they take the first drink they do not know how much or for how long they will drink. They also discover that despite negative reactions from society or friends or family, they will continue to seek to drink. They cannot stop. The solution is to not take the first drink.

It is similar for us with our sexual behaviors. Despite negative consequences — humiliations, lies, diseases, jobs lost, arrests, divorces, or immoral acts — we cannot predict how much or for how long we will pursue sexual fantasies or contacts. We continue to seek lustful situations. The solution is to become sexually sober.

Sexual sobriety for sexaholics of our type means no sex with ourselves and no sex with any partner other than the spouse. Sexual sobriety also means progressive freedom from the many forms of sexual thinking and lust that enter our lives. Our collective experience is that sexual sobriety will free us from these compulsions. This freedom is found by remaining sober and by using the Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions in our daily lives.

If you want what we have found in sobriety and recovery and are willing to take the actions necessary to get it, then we will be useful to you. Sexaholics Anonymous is for every person who has identified their powerlessness over lust and who knows they will need the power of God as they understand Him and of our Fellowship to bring sanity back to their lives. Join us as we walk the road of freedom together.