Sexual Recovery Anonymous

{{Short description|Twelve-step program}}

{{distinguish|Sex Addicts Anonymous|Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous|Sexual Compulsives Anonymous|Sexaholics Anonymous}}

Sexual Recovery Anonymous (SRA) founded circa 1993 is one of several twelve-step programs for the treatment of sexual addiction based on the original Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.{{cite web |title=SRA - Our Purpose |url=https://sexualrecovery.org/about/ |accessdate=18 October 2014 |website=sexualrecovery.org}} SRA takes its place among various 12-step groups that seek recovery from sexual addiction: Sex Addicts Anonymous, Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, Sexual Compulsives Anonymous and Sexaholics Anonymous. The New York-based group has meetings in several states.{{cite web |title=Find a Meeting |url=https://sexualrecovery.org/find-a-meeting-2/ |accessdate=18 October 2014 |website=sexualrecovery.org}} Collectively these groups are referred to as "S" groups since all their acronyms begin with that letter.{{cn|date=December 2020}}

There is a related group called SRA-ANON for spouses, relatives, friends, and significant others of SRA members.{{cite web |title=SRAA-ANON |url=https://sexualrecovery.org/sra-anon/ |accessdate=18 October 2014 |website=sexualrecovery.org}} This group is analogous to Al-Anon for family members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA).{{cn|date=December 2020}}

SRA was founded around 1993 and is said to be a "progressive offshoot" of Sexaholics Anonymous (SA) and is said to be "far more diverse" with a strong presence of women, African Americans, Asians, and members of the LGBT community.{{cite web|title=Which Sex Addiction Program Do You Belong In?|url=http://www.thefix.com/content/sexual-addiction-sex-recovery2002|website=The Fix|accessdate=19 October 2014}} SRA also differs from SA by allowing sexual relations between two people in a “committed relationship”, while SA only allows a heterosexual spouse as an acceptable partner.{{cite web|title=Recovering From Sex Addiction|url=http://www.thefix.com/content/sex-addiction-treatment|website=The Fix|accessdate=19 October 2014}}{{cite book|title=Sexaholics Anonymous.|date=2001|publisher=SA Literature|location=Simi Valley, CA|isbn=096228873X|page=192|edition=New and rev.|quote=In SA's sobriety definition, the term "spouse" refers to one's partner in a marriage between a man and woman.}}