Please pass these on to your groups.
Dear Members of the SAA Fellowship,
It won’t come as a shock to you, but sex addiction is a bad actor! For most of us, addiction to compulsive sexual behavior caused pain to us and those around us. We experienced overwhelming hopelessness, fear, and shame. Many of us lost families and friends or lost jobs and careers. Some of us were incarcerated as a result of our addiction, and some of us died. Sex
addiction destroys many things that are priceless – spirituality, intimacy, relationships, and families.
Our message of recovery – the SAA program – can make a difference. We have seen lives transformed. We have seen hopelessness turned into hope. We have seen relationships restored and new healthy relationships formed. In fact, I think of my own recovery as a miracle.We do make a difference for many who suffer from sex addiction.
The ISO was established by the SAA fellowship to support and enhance the capacity of our members to support each other and to carry the message of SAA to the addict who still suffers. We serve as an important communications and support hub for the fellowship. We register new meetings, develop literature, maintain active websites, and support other vital outreach efforts.
As a member of SAA, you have an opportunity to change the world – one life at a time. Have you experienced the gift of recovery through SAA? Are you grateful for this gift? Do you want others who suffer from sex addiction to be able to learn about our fellowship and to find our meetings? If you could, would you share the gift of freedom with a person still struggling?
As the problem of sex addiction grows in our world, the ISO needs your support to allow us to plan and be ready for growth of the fellowship. None of us can do it alone, but, working together, we can have an enormous positive impact on this serious problem. We need to develop more and better resources to attract the addict who still suffers to our program. We need more literature that carries the SAA message. We need to plan how we will support future growth of the fellowship.
All of these vital activities need your support. We simply do not have the funds or the volunteers to develop and implement many of these plans and projects. By responding to this appeal, you will help underwrite the capacity of the ISO to support initiatives that can change lives for many sex addicts. Please consider giving what you can. For many, your gift will be a gift of life.
As we close 2011, the ISO of SAA wishes to express its gratitude for the many financial gifts it has received and for the many hours given by members in service to the fellowship. Below, you will see a fact sheet that will give you an idea of the scope of ISO outreach activities handled though the ISO office. We ask for your financial contributions today to help us expand our reach to many, many more. Please be generous with your gifts.
You may print and mail the donation form to make a one-time donation, or to sign up for monthly contributions as a LifeLine Partner.
You may also make a contribution online using our secure server.
With best wishes for your recovery,
Joe H.
Director of Operations, ISO of SAA
On behalf of the ISO Board of Trustees
2011 ISO Activity
Office Communications
- OUTREACH EMAILS SENT: 471 per month
- INCOMING PHONE CALLS: 1,061 per month
- VOICE MAILS RETURNED: 127 per month
- APPROXIMATELY 90% OF TELEPHONE CALLS ANSWERED LIVE BY A STAFF MEMBER
- ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE OUTER CIRCLE NEWSLETTER NOW SENT TO OVER 1,800 MEMBERS ON OUR EMAIL LIST
Store
- SAA GREEN BOOKS SOLD: 528 per month (includes 367 downloads of our new SAA e-book, sold beginning in July 2011)
- CONVENTION WORKSHOP AND SPEAKER AUDIO SALES: 87 per month (includes 253 downloads of our new mp3 format, offered since August 2011)
- PAMPHLETS AND BOOKLETS SOLD: 5,142 per month
- PLASTIC SOBRIETY CHIPS SOLD: 1,766 per month
- BRONZE SOBRIETY MEDALLIONS SOLD: 478 per month
- PLASTIC SOBRIETY KEY CHAINS SOLD: 248 per month
Free Outreach
- COST OF LITERATURE OUTREACHED: $310 per month
- HARDCOPY MAILING OF THE OUTER CIRCLE NEWSLETTER:
- MAILED TO PRISONERS: 800 people per issue
- MAILED TO MEMBERS UPON REQUEST: 700 people per issue
- FREE ONLINE VIEWING OF SAA LITERATURE – 2,936 per month
Website Activity
- UNIQUE VISITORS TO OUR WEBSITE: 29,288 per month
- UNIQUE VISITORS PAGE VIEWS:
- MEETINGS – 11,087 per month
- FOR WOMAN – 3,475 per month
- SELF-ASSESSMENT- 1,577 per month
- THE OUTER CIRCLE – 466 per month
- GROUP GUIDE – 500 per month
- FREE ONLINE VIEWING OF SAA LITERATURE – 2,936 per month
Some Accomplishments
- Began selling our Green Book in an ebook format
- Hired meditation book editor and project launched
- Built site map for Outreach website
- Posted the index and Chapter 1 from the Green book in a read only format on the outreach website
- Created and hired a volunteer coordinator (currently non-paid)
- Added five new service committees to the service website
- Converted CD workshops to MP3 files and now are selling the MP3 files
A few projects in progress
- SAA Meditation Book
- Enhance website by allowing meeting search using zip code or address
- Selection of new database to replace database technology that is no longer supported
- 2012 and 2013 International Conventions
- Writing history of fellowship
- Develop Online Group Registration
- Creation of the Delegate “Call to Conference”
- Creation of the Annual Report
