My name is Michael D. and I am a sex addict. I have been sexually sober for over 5 months now, praise God. I have just been released from the California Men’s Colony State Prison, where I served a three-year term for sexual battery.

While I was incarcerated, I learned that there were no programs available for sex offenders at that prison. I had heard of your organization and wrote to you for information. You sent me the White Book along with many other valuable materials. You also forwarded my address to a member from Madison, OH.

With the materials that I had received from you and the additional information that was sent me from SACC, I was able to start an SA group at the prison. The group got to the point where we had to turn many people away. Several months later, we were able to start a second group. Both of these groups were very important to me and so I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all that you did for me and my friends. After over 25 years of “drunkenness” the last five months that I have been sexually sober have been a life-changing experience for me.

Now that I have been released from prison, it is important to me to maintain my sobriety, as well as my freedom, and so I am writing to ask for your help again…

If it is possible, would you send me the names and numbers of contact people in my area? When I receive this new information, I will arrange to go to meetings “on the outside” and maybe share my experiences with the members of the group(s). It would be nice to be able to find a sponsor also since I do not have the support of my two prison groups anymore, except through the mail.

As I get more and more familiar with Sexaholics Anonymous and how the organization works, I would certainly offer to help in any way possible. I could correspond with other inmates or former inmates around the country, or I could offer my time to the organization for whatever needs it may have. All you have to do is let me know what you need and I will do it.

In closing, I would like to thank you again for all of your support during my incarceration. It took me a couple of months after we started our group(s) to finally get sober, but once I did, I felt so much better, and I will never let this great feeling that I have now slip away from me. I guess that I should say that I pray that I never lose this good feeling that I have now. I have learned to respect women because I have learned to respect myself. God Bless You All.