M-SPAA is a fellowship of muslims who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from sex and pornography addiction in all its manifestations.
M-SPAA defines sobriety as: No sex with one’s self (masturbation), no sex outside of marriage and no viewing of pornography.
Have you found yourself preoccupied with sexual thoughts? Have you spent too much time online for sexual purposes? Hidden some of your sexual behaviors from others? Attempted to stop sexual activities, such as viewing pornography, and failed? Hurt or neglected yourself or others because of your sexual behavior? Have you ever felt bad about your sexual behavior? If you responded yes to any of these questions, you may be a sex and porn addict.
Our problem behaviors include edging, viewing pornography, masturbation, serial affairs, and sexual encounters outside of marriage. We see that these behaviors hurt us and others, and that our obsession with sex and porn underlies these behaviors.
SPAA offers a practical solution to our compulsive sexual behavior: the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. In other words, our program adopts many of the same methods that have helped millions of alcoholics find sobriety.SPAA’s Twelve Steps are a group of principles that are spiritual in their nature. If practiced as a way of life, they can expel the obsession to edge and to act out sexually. This enables the addict to live happily and usefully whole. (Adapted from pg. 15 of AA’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions.)
We have sought to integrate the treatment principles of both Islam and the Twelve Step approach into a unified program. Our sincere gratitude and appreciation go to Sex and Porn Addicts Anonymous (SPAA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), from whose frameworks we have drawn inspiration. The program mirrors the structure of SPAA while allowing greater freedom of religious expression during shares, including reliance on Islamic principles for recovery.
We sex and porn addicts share our stories; speaking honestly about our struggles with addiction and the steps we have taken to find recovery. These stories are reports of actions that worked for us, rather than rules not to be broken. We find that our meetings are a reservoir of collective wisdom, based on decades of personal experience. Together, we stand on each other’s shoulders to achieve victory over sex and porn addiction.
We offer a safe, supportive, and confidential space for individuals seeking connection, recovery, and encouragement. If you’d like to learn more or attend an upcoming meeting, please fill out the form below using your first name only.Your privacy and anonymity are important to us. Submitting this form simply lets us share meeting details and next steps; there’s no obligation and no pressure. You’re welcome exactly as you are.