Literature
Literature
“Reading recovery literature is another important tool of the program. It helps to educate, motivate, and inspire us. Reading SAA literature helps us learn how to stay sober and work a recovery program specifically tailored for us.”
To purchase any of the SAA literature or other merchandise, visit the SAA Store
We humbly request your feedback after reading our literature. Find the feedback form here.
As a service to the SAA fellowship and the addict who still suffers, the ISO is pleased to offer our pamphlets and booklets in read-only format. These publications, as well as convention recordings and other materials, may be purchased at the online SAA Store or directly from the ISO office.
- Today’s Meditation
- Sex Addicts Anonymous – (Green Book) SAA’s basic text
- Voices of Recovery – Daily Meditation Book
- A Pathway to Recovery from Sex Addiction (formerly Sex Addicts Anonymous – A Pathway to Recovery)
- Abstinence
- Are your sexual behaviors causing you problems? (PI/CPC Series)
- Area Handbook (Service Series)
- The Bubble – A Metaphor for Addictive Sexual Behavior
- Compassionate Communication with our Partners
- CPC Handbook (Service Series)
- Developing Our Own Healthy Sexuality in SAA
- First Step To Recovery – A guide to working the First Step
- Getting a Sponsor
- Getting Started In Sex Addicts Anonymous – A beginner’s packet for recovering sex addicts
- Group Guide (Service Series)
- Hope and Healing for Women (PI/CPC Series)
- Hope of Recovery
- How We Can Cooperate with the Professional Community (Service Series)
- Information About SAA for Spouses and Family Members of Ex-offenders Being Released from Prison
- Intergroup Guide (Service Series)
- An Intimacy and Sexual Avoidance-Focused First Step Guide (Formerly First Step To Intimacy – A Guide for Working the First Step on Intimacy and Sexual Avoidance or Sexual Anorexia)
- Intimacy Avoidance
- Introducing SAA to Law Enforcement Officers (PI/CPC Series)
- Introducing SAA to Professionals in the Legal System (PI/CPC Series)
- Introducing SAA to the Professional Community (PI/CPC Series)
- Introducing Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA) to Faith Community Leaders (PI/CPC Series)
- Is Your View of the Twelve Steps Distorted?
- Personal Spirituality in Sex Addicts Anonymous
- Prayer and Meditation Reimagined
- Recommitting to Recovery
- SAA and the Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgender Sex Addict
- Safe and Sexually Sober Meetings – Helping Everyone Feel Welcome in Your Meeting
- Self-Care and Connection
- Sexual Sobriety and the Internet
- A Special Welcome to the Woman Newcomer – from other women members of SAA
- Supporting [Sponsoring] Incarcerated Sex Addicts (Service Series)
- Step One Guide for Sponsors
- Step Two Guide for Sponsors
- Three Circles – Defining Sexual Sobriety in SAA
- Tools of Recovery – A Practical Guide for New Members of SAA
- What If I Don’t Believe in “God”?
- What is the Group Service Representative (GSR) in Sex Addicts Anonymous? (Service Series)
- What to Expect At Your First SAA Meeting (PI/CPC Series)
- Why is PI/CPC Work Important to Recovery? (Service Series)
To purchase any of the SAA literature or other merchandise, visit the SAA Store
We humbly request your feedback after reading our literature. Find the feedback form here.
Literature Committee invites submissions
The ISO Literature Committee invites members of the fellowship to submit original writings about the SAA program of recovery (such as pamphlets or booklets) for consideration and possible publication by the ISO.
The guidelines for submission of literature, as well as a pre-review questionnaire and release form, are available here.
Authors are encouraged to consult the Literature Committee style sheet when writing material for possible publication by the ISO. The LitCom uses the Chicago Manual of Style, Seventeenth Edition, as its primary reference and includes additional guidelines for standard use of terminology that is specific or unique to SAA.
Official literature designations:
- ISO Literature Committee Approved indicates review and approval by the Literature Committee (LitCom) for publication by the ISO. These publications are copyrighted by the ISO and carry the SAA logo.
- ISO Literature Committee Approved under Concurrent Review/Distribution indicates material that has received initial review by the LitCom and has been released for distribution to members of the fellowship while more in-depth review by the LitCom continues. Typically, these documents have been generated within the ISO and submitted with a request for immediate distribution to meet an urgent need or to provide time-sensitive information.
- ISO Conference Approved indicates the added endorsement of the delegates voting at an annual meeting of the ISO Conference. After LitCom approval and publication of a piece, the fellowship-at-large is given an opportunity to offer feedback (usually two years), after which the LitCom may, at its sole discretion, present the piece to the Conference for approval.Article V, Section 9, of the ISO Bylaws stipulates that a two-thirds majority of the voting delegates is required to confer this highest level of approval on a piece of literature.
- Outside literature approved for sale designates literature published by entities other than the ISO but approved by the Board of Trustees for sale through the SAA Store. By definition, these publications fall outside the supervisory authority of the LitCom.
…adapted from the Literature Committee Handbook
Groups are encouraged to read SAA literature, but they are not prohibited from reading literature lacking these designations.