Resources
Click on any of the links below for more information.
12-Step and Other Support Groups*
- Co-Dependents Anonymous
- Codeps.com(for those in or recovering from a relationship with a sex/love/pornography addict)
- Recovering Couples Anonymous
- S-Anon(for partners of sex addicts)
- Sex Addicts Anonymous
- Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous
- Sexaholics Anonymous
- Sexaholics Anonymous of Greater Sacramento
- Sexual Compulsives Anonymous
*While LifeSTAR Sacramento encourages its clients to participate in 12-step or other support groups, it does not specifically endorse any particular group.
Inpatient/Outpatient Treatment Programs
General Information
- Healthy Mind
- International Institute for Trauma and Addiction ProfessionalsProvides a list of CSAT-Certified Addiction Recovery therapists in your area
- Partner Sexuality Screening Survey (Free)
- Patrick Carnes Sex Help
- Recovery ZoneA 12-step resource guide
- Sexual Addiction Screening Test (Free)
- Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health
Internet Filters and Tools
Book List
- Beattie, M.
Co-dependent no more
Beyond codependency - Bradshaw, J.
Healing the shame that binds you - Carnes, P.
Contrary to love: Helping the sexual addict
Don’t call it love: Recovery from sexual addiction
Out of the shadows, 2nd edition
A gentle guide through the twelve steps
The betrayal bond
Sexual anorexia - D. L. Delmonico and E. Griffen
In the shadows of the Net
Facing the shadow
Carnes, S. ed Mending a shattered heart
Corley, M. D. and J. P. Schneider. Disclosing secrets: When, to whom, and how much to reveal
Delmonico, D. L., E. Griffen, and J. Moriarity. Cybersex unhooked
Earle, R. H. and M R. Earle. Sex addiction
Hall, L. An affair of the mind
Friends in Recovery
The twelve steps for Christians - Kasl, C. D.
Women, sex and addiction - Laaser, M.
Faithful and true
Faithful and true: Sexual integrity in a fallen world. (workbook) - D. Laaser and P. Carnes
Open hearts - May, G.
Addiction and grace - Milkman H. and S. Sunderwirth
Craving for ecstasy - Mellody, P.
Facing codependency
Facing love addiction - Schaumburg, H. W.
False intimacy - Schneider, J. P.
Back from betrayal: A ground-breaking guide to recovery
for women involved with sex-addicted men - Schneider, J. P. and B. Schneider
Sex, lies, and forgiveness: Couples
speaking out on healing from sex addiction, 2nd ed. - Silverman, S. W.
Love sick: One woman’s journey through sexual addiction
