Hope and Recovery: A Twelve Step Guide for Healing From Compulsive Sexual Behavior (Paperback)

by Anonymous (Author) "Sex Addict"-the words conjured up terrible images in our minds and reminded us of other words like "sick," "pervert," and "fiend..." (more)
Key Phrases: other sex addicts, other recovering addicts, compulsive cruising, Twelve Step, Fifth Step, First Step (more...)

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Product Description
The classic guide by and for those recovering from sexual addiction examines each of the twelve steps of recovery. The personal stories of other recovering people highlight each step.

About the Author
Anonymous Anonymous is a contributor for Hazelden Publications including Twenty-Four Hours a Day for Teens.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Hazelden (April 19, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156838050X
• ISBN-13: 978-1568380506
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 2.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #252,654 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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71 of 77 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very in-depth tool book of recovery for sexual addiction., July 16, 1998

By A Customer

Hope & Recovery is the current basic text of SAA (Sex Addicts Anomyous, a twelve-step group for sexually recovering people). The book is designed for individuals who feel that they are sexually compusive and are looking for information on the addictive disease and "tools" to use to become and remain free from sexual addiction. Each of the twelve steps is explained in detail on how they can be lived daily for sexual recovery. A number of individuals tell their own experiences of how they lived their disease, discovered the hope of the program, and how they are currently living a life of recovery. The book is well written, sensitive, hopeful, and a continual must read through the journey of recovery. Definately Hope & Recovery.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's not the basic text of SAA, April 7, 2002

By A Customer

I was checking out some recovery books on Amazon and noticed this review about "Hope and Recovery". I'm a member of Sex Addicts Anonymous and "Hope and Reovery" IS NOT the basic text of that fellowship. It is read, but it's not the basic text. If you read the Steps and Traditions in the book, and really the rest of the book, nowhere is Sex Addicts Anonymous ever mentioned in those pages. I'm not saying "don't read Hope and Recovery," I just want to make it clear that it's not the basic text of SAA.

"Hope and Recovery" is a good read especially if you're a sex addict seeking recovery. It's a great book to "identify" with the problem of sex addiction. What has helped me in my recovery program with sex addiction, however, is reading the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous and the AA "Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions"--the start of all 12-Step recovery programs. Though not an alcoholic, I can translate the problem as well as the solution to my sex addiction and my recovery from it, one day at a time. I use these two books more than I use "Hope and Recovery."

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Basic Text of SCA, not SAA, November 7, 2002

By A Customer

Just as claraification: This book was written by anonymous members of the group Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA) and is the basic text of that group. I am a member of SCA and I have found this book extremely helpful. I would recommend it to anyone, both on the basis of a standalone book and and a possible introduction to what SCA is about.