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Sexual Compulsives Anonymous

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Sexual Compulsives Anonymous rather than just read about it. In short: Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA) is a twelve-step program for people who want to stop having compulsive sex. SCA founding is attributed variously to 1982 in New York City and to 1973 in Los Angeles.

Key takeaways

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Sexual Compulsives Anonymous to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Sexual Compulsives Anonymous from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (SCA) is a twelve-step program for people who want to stop having compulsive sex. SCA founding is attributed variously to 1982 in New York City and to 1973 in Los Angeles. Although the fellowship originally sought to address issues of sexual compulsion among gay and bisexual men, and this is still the fellowship's predominant demographic, today the program is LGBT friendly, open to all sexual orientations, and there is an increasing number of women and heterosexual men participating. SCA meetings are most likely to be held in urban areas with larger gay and bisexual male populations. The majority of members are white, but vary in age and socioeconomic background. The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop having compulsive sex.

Sexual recovery plans

SCA supports healthy sexual expression and does not expect members to repress their sexuality, which they believe is associated with sexual anorexia. Members are encouraged to develop their own definition of sexual sobriety that does not place unreasonable demands on their time or energy, place them in legal jeopardy, or endanger their health. SCA members incorporate their definition of sexual sobriety into what they call a sexual recovery plan. Sexual recovery plans are modeled on the work of Patrick Carnes, a sexual addiction researcher, based on the model for Overeaters Anonymous (OA), whose members create individualized "food plans." Sexual recovery plans have three columns: abstinence, high-risk, and recovery—analogous to the three circles used in Sex Addicts Anonymous. The sexual recovery plan is used as a blueprint for recovery. The abstinence column includes "bottom-line" behaviors corresponding to relapse and from which members ask their Higher Power to be freed. The high-risk column includes behaviors, emotional states, ritualized activities, and situations that make them vulnerable to relapse. The recovery column includes positive behaviors that support their wellbeing and meet their needs in a healthy manner.

Literature and publications SCA distributes its own literature, including the primary book used in the fellowship, Sexual Compulsives Anonymous: A Program of Recovery, and several book-length and smaller brochures and pamphlets, such as What About Masturbation?, Q&A: A Guide for Newcomers and Secret Shame. Parts of these brochures are published on the SCA website. SCA also publishes an online journal known as The SCAnner.

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (2021). Sexual Compulsives Anonymous: A Program of Recovery (3rd ed.). New York, NY. ISBN 978-1-949225-06-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (1995). What About Masturbation?. International Service Organization of SCA. ISBN 978-0-9627966-3-0. Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (1993). Q&A: A Guide for Newcomers to Sexual Compulsives Anonymous. International Service Organization of SCA. ISBN 978-0-9627966-2-3. Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (1991). Secret shame: sexual compulsion in the lives of gay men and lesbians. Sexual Compulsives Anonymous. ISBN 978-0-9627966-1-6. OCLC 26723608. Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (2011). El Librito Azul [The Little Blue Book] (in Spanish). SCA International Service Org. ISBN 978-0-9627966-6-1. Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (March 2012). Avoiding Common Pitfalls on the Road of Recovery. Sexual Compulsives Anonymous. ISBN 978-0-9627966-7-8. Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (2005). Moving Through Withdrawal. Sexual Compulsives Anonymous. ISBN 978-0-9627966-4-7. Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (2024) Our Journey of Recovery: SCA Daily Meditations ISBN 978-1-949225-24-2 Sexual Compulsives Anonymous (2021) Pornography, Apps & Internet Addiction ISBN 978-1-949225-05-1 SCA developed "The Twenty Questions," an instrument allowing potential members to self-evaluate their sexual compulsivity. The results of this questionnaire correlate with symptoms of prefrontal cortex dysfunction, an area of the brain thought to be relevant to addiction—not only to substances, but also behaviors such as sex and gambling as measured according to the (FrSBe) Frontal Systems Behavior Scale.

See also List of twelve-step groups Sex Addicts Anonymous Sexaholics Anonymous Sex Addicts Anonymous Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous

References

External links Sexual Compulsives Anonymous The SCAnner https://sca-recovery.org/WP/sca-workbook/ [SCA Workbook for the Twelve Suggested Steps, 2023]

Illustrations

Sexual Compulsives Anonymous logo

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Sexual Compulsives Anonymous

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Sexual Compulsives Anonymous claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Sexual Compulsives Anonymous before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Sexual Compulsives Anonymous ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Sexual Compulsives Anonymous

In research: Sexual Compulsives Anonymous appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Sexual Compulsives Anonymous in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Sexual Compulsives Anonymous is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1982 establishments in New York City, Addiction organizations in Canada, Human sexuality organizations, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Sexual Compulsives Anonymous outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Sexual Compulsives Anonymous in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Sexual Compulsives Anonymous means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Sexual Compulsives Anonymous out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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