Last Updated on 28 September 2026
Recommended Program Reading
- The Basic text for SLAA by The Augustine Fellowship (also available for sale at most meetings)
- SLAA’s A Framework for Living – notes and reflections on the 12 Steps, 12 Traditions, and 12 Concepts for Service.
- The US website for SLAA FWS has a range of resources available and for sale
- SLAA Fellowship Wide Services now offers many digital resources.
- Non-program recommended reading available here.
- Purchase literature in Australia here:
Daily Meditation Books
- Answers in the Heart – daily meditations for people recovering from sex addiction
- Touchstones – daily meditations for recovering men
- Melody Beattie – The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Co-dependency
- Melody Beattie – More Language of Letting Go
- Melody Beattie – Journey to the Heart
- The 12 Step Prayer Book: A Collection of Inspirational Daily Readings (Hazelden Meditations) Texts here
Other 12-step Programs
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Much of the AA material is available to download for free.
- Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
- Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition – The Big Book
- Twenty-Four Hours A Day – for the recovering alcoholic
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
Sex Addicts Anonymous
Adult Children of Alcoholics and other dysfunctional families (ACA or ACoA)
- Adult Children of Alcoholics/Other Dysfunctional Families
- Strengthening My Recovery: Meditations for Adult Children of Alcoholics/Dysfunctional Families
- A daily meditation is available online: adultchildren.org/meditation/
Co-Dependents Anonymous (CoDA)
- Co-Dependents Anonymous 12-step fellowship basic text
- In This Moment Daily Meditation Book
A List of 40 Recovery Tools
Recovery from addiction is a personal journey, and having the right tools can make all the difference. Below is a…
12 Concepts for Service in SLAA
The Twelve Concepts for World Service of SLAA Ultimate responsibility and authority for SLAA world services always reside in the…
12 Characteristics of Sex and Love Addiction
Characteristics of this Addiction Having few healthy boundaries, we become sexually involved with and/or emotionally attached to people without knowing…
Am I a Stinking Thinking Addict?
20 Questions To Ask Yourself Many people wonder whether they are an addict. This list is adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous,…
Maintaining Recovery
After completing the twelve steps in SLAA, the journey of recovery has only just begun! It is important to remain…
Step Minus One – Health & Disability in Recovery
The concept of Step Minus One comes directly from Alcoholics Anonymous and Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) literature and early AA history. This…
