The definition
Are You a Sex Addict?
If you are worried you may have a sex addiction, a few warning signs may indicate a problem.
Common symptoms of sex addiction include:
- You’re obsessed with sex and spend much time fantasizing about your sexual urges and engaging in sexual behavior.
- You spend excessive time planning sexual activity, figuring out where and how you’ll get your next sexual “high.”
- You masturbate very frequently, once to several times daily
- You obsessively view pornography, whether through videos, adult magazines, or the internet
- You engage in sexual behaviors that contradict religious beliefs, personal values, or what society deems appropriate
- You frequently use sexual services, whether through phone sex, hookups through internet chat rooms, visits to strip clubs, paying for sexual encounters, having multiple partners, or frequent one-night stands
- Your sexual behavior escalates to reckless sexual activity and substance abuse, or you add sexual aggression or dangerous activities like autoerotic asphyxiation to your behaviors
- You frequently engage in paraphilia (abnormal sexual behavior), such as—
- Becoming aroused by psychological distress, injury, or death
- Exhibitionism (exposing genitals to strangers)
- Voyeurism (watching or engaging in sexual activities with others)
- Sadomasochism (sexual pleasure from inflicting pain or humiliation on others)
- Pedophilia (sexual feelings toward children)
- You cannot stop your sexual behavior despite negative consequences to your relationships, physical and mental health, emotions, or finances.
If you agree with many of these symptoms, you may benefit from a support group like SAA.
Let's meet
Who We Are/Meetings
FIRST METTING NEEDS TO BE IN-PERSON.
We are a welcoming fellowship of support and encouragement for your Sex Addition. We are a safe place to share your addiction and to do so with complete confidentiality. Recovery is based on a 12-Step program; we are known as SAA Milwaukee West.
The purpose of SAA Milwaukee is:
- To enhance recovery from sexual addiction,
- To help SAA members, offering the opportunity for members to do Twelve Step work,
- To provide shared and coordinated resources,
- To extend resources to individual SAA members and groups in the Milwaukee and surrounding area, and
- To provide outreach to the addict who still suffers.
These purposes are achieved through the actions of volunteers and voluntary contributions of SAA members and groups.
Who We Are/Meetings
We are a welcoming fellowship of support and encouragement for your Sex Addition. We are a safe place to share your addiction and to do so with complete confidentiality. Recovery is based on a 12-Step program; we are known as SAA Milwaukee West.
The purpose of SAA Milwaukee is:
- To enhance recovery from sexual addiction,
- To help SAA members, offering the opportunity for members to do Twelve Step work,
- To provide shared and coordinated resources,
- To extend resources to individual SAA members and groups in the Milwaukee and surrounding area, and
- To provide outreach to the addict who still suffers.
These purposes are achieved through the actions of volunteers and voluntary contributions of SAA members and groups.
SAA Meeting Information
FIRST METTING NEEDS TO BE IN-PERSON.
We Meet Thursday evenings at 7pm and Saturday at 8:15am (7:30 am Step Group)
Location is BASEMENT @ The Pass-It-On Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Saturday 7:30am Step Discussion
8:15am Saturday Meeting
Location is BASEMENT @ The Pass-It-On Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Location is BASEMENT @ The Pass-It-On Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
OTHER MEETINGS:
National/International
https://saa-recovery.org/meetings/
Milwaukee Area
Augustine Fellowship
Tuesday 6:15PM
Martin Luther Church
Parking Lot Entrance
9235 W. Bluemound Road
Milwaukee, WI
Additional Resources
Are you a Sex Addict?
SAA International (ISO)
Three Circles
https://saa-recovery.org/literature/three-circles-defining-sexual-sobriety-in-saa/
SAA Green Book
https://saa-recovery.org/literature/sex-addicts-anonymous-green-book-saas-basic-text/
CSAT Therapist (suggested)
http://www.innervisionsfamilycounselingcenter.com/about-us.html
(Mention SAA)
SAA Houston
https://houstonsaa.org/recovery-resources/