Sex Addicts Anonymous
Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA) is an organization that describes itself as providing a twelve-step program for recovery from what it calls sex addiction. SAA takes its place among various 12-step groups that seek recovery from sexual addiction: Sexaholics Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, Sexual Compulsives Anonymous and Sexual Recovery Anonymous. Collectively these groups are referred to as "S" groups since all their acronyms begin with that letter: SAA, SA, SLAA, SCA, SRA.
There also exists a group called COSA, for family members of SAA members; as S-Anon has for family members of Sexaholics Anonymous, they are described as analogous to Al-Anon for family members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).
Introduction
SAA was founded in 1977 by several men who wanted a greater sense of anonymity than what they perceived in other twelve step programs for sex addicts. SAA is open to anyone who desires greater control over their behavior, and is intended to be safe for people of all sexual orientations.