What Makes Sex Addicts Anonymous More Dangerous than Other 12 Step Programs?
Sex Addicts Anonymous extracts highly sensitive data from its members in circles that feel confidential while exposing members to predation from unlicensed, unregulated specialists. Eventually, vulnerable members are targeted with classic gaslighting techniques, and pushed into episodes of psychological crisis where they are shamed into "sexual sobriety" and forced into compliance with the social values of the group.
Spiritual Emergencies in SAA: Gaslighting Addicts into Sobriety
The “anonymous” nature of the SAA program makes it an ideal stage for scripted “spiritual emergencies.” This means that members of the circle use sophisticated gaslighting techniques to shock and overwhelm vulnerable participants with the particular vices and sins which they so openly disclosed to the group.
Toxic Secrets and Broken Thinking in Sex Addicts Anonymous
As part of a program code of anonymity and trust, members of Sex Addicts Anonymous are pressured to keep the confessions of the fellowship to themselves, regardless of severity or criminality.
Real criminal acts of sex abuse are shielded from investigation and prosecution, inside a large fellowship of men and women confused by their own sense of compulsivity.
“You Can’t Make Me Angry:” Typical, Terrible 12 Step Advice
Popular program advice says to ignore your healthy emotional instincts, and to just accept the bad things that happen to you. That's bad advice. Build healthy boundaries, reject shame and abuse, and tell the truth when you experience exploitation inside the 12 Step circle.