Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
(S.L.A.A.) Central Arizona Intergroup
Recommended Reading:
S.L.A.A. Basic Text
Author: Augustine Fellowship Staff

An explanation of how Sex & Love Addicts
Anonymous came to be. Includes the history
and personal stories from members of the
program. Softbound book, 6" x 9", 280 pages.

Also available in a plain cover.

ISBN: 0961570113
Format: Paperback, 281pp
Pub. Date: June 1986
Publisher: Fellowship-Wide Services, Inc.

Note:  Also available in a plain cover with no
words.
Other books our members have found useful in their recovery process:
Facing Love Addiction
Author: Pia Mellody

Offering clear, comforting advice on the best ways to develop healthy love relationships,
Mellody describes the dynamics of a coaddicted relationship, and the stages of
addiction--from attraction and fantasy to denial and obsession. A practical recovery process
based on Twelve-Step work, exercises, and journaling.

ISBN: 0062506048
Format: Paperback, 272pp
Pub. Date: March 1992
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Facing Codependence
Author: Pia Mellody

In this fresh new look at codependence, Pia Mellody traces the origins of this illness back to
childhood, describing a whole range of emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, and sexual
abuses. Because of these earlier experiences, codependent adults often lack the skills
necessary to lead mature lives and have satisfying relationships.

ISBN: 0062505890
Format: Paperback, 272pp
Pub. Date: June 1989
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred
Author: Patrick J. Carnes, PhD

A first-time examination of sexual anorexia, an extreme fear of sexual intimacy and obsessive
avoidance of sex, by the acknowledged leader in the treatment of compulsive sexual behavior
and recovery. Author Patrick Carnes begins by defining sexual anorexia and demonstrating
how it and its parallel disorder, sexual addiction and compulsivity, often arise from a
background of childhood sexual trauma, neglect, and other forms of abuse, Carnes explores
the numerous dimensions of sexual health, examining key issues which must be addressed
and resolved for recovery to proceed.

ISBN: 1568381441
Format: Paperback, 416pp
Pub. Date: May 1997
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services