About SLAA

The S.L.A.A. program is best described in our Preamble which is read at the beginning of most S.L.A.A. meetings.

The S.L.A.A. Preamble

Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a Twelve Step, Twelve Tradition-oriented fellowship based on the model pioneered by Alcoholics Anonymous.

The only qualification for S.L.A.A. membership is a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction. S.L.A.A. is supported entirely through the contributions of its membership and is free to all who need it.

To counter the destructive consequences of sex and love addiction, we draw on five major resources:

Sobriety. Our willingness to stop acting out in our own personal bottom-line addictive behavior on a daily basis.
Sponsorship / Meetings. Our capacity to reach out for the supportive fellowship within S.L.A.A.
Steps. Our practice of the Twelve Step program of recovery to achieve sexual and emotional sobriety.
Service. Our giving back to the S.L.A.A. community what we continue to freely receive.
Spirituality. Our developing a relationship with a Power greater than ourselves which can guide and sustain us in recovery.

As a fellowship S.L.A.A. has no opinion on outside issues and seeks no controversy. S.L.A.A. is not affiliated with any other organizations, movements or causes, either religious or secular.

We are, however, united in a common focus: dealing with our addictive sexual and emotional behavior. We find a common denominator in our obsessive/compulsive patterns, which transcends any personal differences of sexual orientation or gender identity.

We need protect with special care the anonymity of every S.L.A.A. member. Additionally we try to avoid drawing undue attention to S.L.A.A. as a whole from the public media.

Conference-approved July 25, 2012

Download a PDF version of the S.L.A.A. Preamble here.

Greater Delaware Valley Intergroup of S.L.A.A.

The Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous Greater Delaware Valley Intergroup (GDVI) covers the geographic areas of Eastern Pennsylvania, Central and Southern New Jersey, and the state of Delaware. A central hub where individuals and groups can access information and services including meeting listings, literature, recovery retreats, and fellowship events, and opportunities for inter-meeting cooperation, our key outreach activities include a monthly newsletter and e-mail updates, the Inspiration Line and Story Line. We also send delegates to represent our 60+ S.L.A.A. in-person, virtual, and hybrid meetings at the Fellowship Wide Services Annual Meeting.
Any member of the fellowship is able to provide service on the Intergroup’s committees and the monthly Intergroup Board Meeting.

Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who solve their common problem and help others to recover.
The S.L.A.A.-GDVI does not speak for all of S.L.A.A. This website is not the official S.L.A.A. Fellowship-Wide Services (F.W.S.) website.
We are autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or S.L.A.A. as a whole. The F.W.S. website can be located here – http://www.slaafws.org