Your Recovery ToolKIT 

Recovery Tools

Recovery from sex addiction begins with a courageous decision: to take full responsibility for one’s actions, choices, and healing.  Lasting change doesn't come from willpower alone—it comes from using proven tools and strategies that support accountability, emotional growth, and behavioral change.  This page offers a practical guide to the resources, habits, and recovery frameworks that can help sex addicts break free from destructive cycles and build a life rooted in honesty, integrity, and healthy connection. Whether you're just starting or deep into recovery, these strategies provide the structure needed to move forward with clarity and purpose.  Recovery tools and strategies to build your recovery on are:

• 12-Step approaches and Support Groups

• CBT and other therapy methods for sexual compulsion

• Understanding the addiction cycle and Carnes' Circles

• Building a daily recovery routine

• Daily Reflections – AA -  A book and mobile-friendly site offering daily meditations and readings. Helpful for spiritual maintenance.

• Recovery Readings – Hazelden Publishing  - Provides books, devotionals, and apps for addiction recovery support.

• My Spiritual Toolkit - App designed to help 12-step members complete nightly inventories, gratitude lists, and track recovery progress

• 12 Step Toolkit App -  Includes worksheets for all 12 steps, recovery readings, and daily reflection tools.

• SMART Recovery -  Evidence-based addiction recovery program offering online tools, forums, and meetings.

• Personal Recovery Plan template

• Daily Recovery Checklist

• Houston SAA 12 Steps workbook - Great Resource

• Lee's 12 Steps  - Great Resource

Develop Your Personal Recovery Plan

Below are direct links to helpful recovery plan resources and worksheets from trusted organizations:

1. Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA) – Three Circles Worksheet   https://saa-recovery.org/tools/three-circles/  

2. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) – Sample Recovery Plan Template  https://slaafws.org/tools-of-recovery/
   (Scroll to “Tools of Recovery” and look for “Personal Recovery Plan Format”

3. Freedom Fight – Recovery Toolkit (Faith-Based) -  https://www.thefreedomfight.org/resources 

4. Pure Desire Ministries – Seven Pillars Workbook Program  https://puredesire.org/resources/ 

5. Reboot Recovery – Faith-Based Recovery Curriculum  https://rebootrecovery.com/join 
   (Free registration may be required for access to worksheets)

6. Covenant Eyes – Personal Victory Plan PDF   https://www.covenanteyes.com/personal-victory-plan/ 

7. SAM Network – Personal Recovery Tools   https://samnetwork.org/resources 

More Recovery Tools

• Carnes’ Three Circles: A Tool for Boundary Setting

  • Used to help individuals define your boundaries on unacceptable behaviors (inner circle) and activities that replace your addiction and craving for dopamine (outer circle) and maintain sobriety.   

• Personal Craziness Index (PCI) 

  • Helps you to monitor yourself to know when life is getting off balance, before it does (pdf)

• Relapse Prevention Plan

• Relapse Checklist

• Relapse Prevent Plan - 1

• Clinical Tips for Relapse Prevention Training

• Individual Activity for Relapse Prevention

• Relapse Prevention Plan 2

Uplifting Encouragement

• Daily Inspiration Line:  215-574-2120     600,000 calls since 2008 

• Weekly Story Line:       215-574-2121     100,000 calls since 2018 - Message changes every Sunday

• www.menshealingretreat.org  

  • Come heal from the past, live fully in the present and have a life changing experience. 

Self-Help Workbooks & Recovery Guides

Freedom from Sex Addiction — A Self-Help Workbook
Authored by Joan Gold, MFT, this workbook offers structured exercises and insights for individuals seeking recovery from sex addiction.

Twelve Steps to Recovery Workbook for Sexual Addiction
Designed for use with a sponsor, this guide adapts the 12-step model specifically for sexual addiction recovery.

1st Step Workbook – Center for Healthy Sexuality
Focuses on the first step of the 12-step program, providing detailed exercises to help individuals acknowledge and understand their addiction.

Sex and Love Addiction Resources for Women
A 13-week program tailored for women, integrating biblical principles and clinical tools to address sexual health and recovery.

Foundational 12-Step Literature

The Twelve Steps of S.L.A.A.
Outlines the foundational steps of Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, adapted from the Alcoholics Anonymous model.

The Beginner’s Guide – S.L.A.A.
A comprehensive introduction to the S.L.A.A. program, providing guidance for newcomers to the recovery process.

Characteristics of Sex and Love Addiction
A concise document listing common traits and behaviors associated with sex and love addiction, aiding in self-identification and awareness

Clinical Insights & Educational Materials

Comprehensive Treatment of Sexually Compulsive Behavior
A presentation by Dr. Stephen Southern discussing characteristics of compulsive sexual behavior and current treatment approaches.

Sex Addiction: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment & Recovery
An overview from the Cleveland Clinic detailing the nature of sex addiction and available treatment options

Sexual Addiction Theory, Causes, and Therapy
An academic paper exploring the theoretical underpinnings, causes, and therapeutic approaches to sexual addiction.