Hello, my name is (state your name), and I am a sexual abuse survivor. Welcome to the regular meeting of Sexual Abuse Survivors In Recovery Anonymous. This is a closed meeting for those personally dealing with sexual abuse issues. The only requirement is a desire to heal from the aftereffects of sexual abuse.
To protect our anonymity, what you hear here, must stay here. We will now go around the room, introducing ourselves, and identifying as sexual abuse survivors.
May I ask someone to read: The 12 steps of Sexual Abuse Survivors In Recovery. Next, read “Affirmations for Sexual Abuse Survivors.”
Would someone like to read: Why Recovery?
Would someone read: Who is a Sexual Abuse Survivor and How do we begin to Heal?
Optional Reading Selections
The Silver Braid of Recovery, Co-dependency, Healing from Sexual Abuse, Speakout, Sex and Love Aftereffects Topics, Affirmations for Sexual Abuse Survivors, Making the Invisible Visible, Confronting the Perpetrator
Sexual abuse includes (but is in no way limited to) incest, molestation, ritual abuse, rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment. Some of you may only have experienced one form of abuse, but for many of us, our group sharing will perhaps uncover a lifetime pattern where we found ourselves locked into many abusive sexual patterns.
LEADER: Qualify for up to ten minutes. You may wish to talk about how sexual abuse is affecting your life today. You may talk about when the abuse started, and how it led you towards either acting out or perhaps avoiding sexuality completely. Share your experience, strength, and hope.
Selecting a Meeting Topic
Refer to any of the literature mentioned in “Optional Reading Selections.” Perhaps your group would like to come up with a list of topics. Here are a few possible meeting topics:
• Aftereffects Checklist
• Aftereffects Specifically related to Sex, Love and Codependency
• The Silver Braid of Recovery
• Making the Invisible Visible
• Confronting the perpetrator(s)
• Connecting with your inner child
LEADER: Read the next paragraph on: Creating A Safe Environment
Creating A Safe Environment
Many of us have experienced, both during our childhoods and our current lives, environments that were toxic. Perhaps our boundaries were violated on many levels. And that is why, as sexual abuse survivors who are “In Recovery,” we need to create a safe environment for our members. Therefore there is no cross talk. We do not give another member advice, or critique their sharing.
Open the meeting.
Ending the Meeting
Five minutes before the end, say to the group:
There are no dues or fees, but we are self-supporting through our own contributions. (Pass a basket).
READ: “Closing Affirmation: Sexual Bill of Rights, or Affirmations for Sexual Abuse Survivors.”
Leader: Together, we are well on our way. Together, we take the hand of another survivor and together we touch the world.
I’ve asked: (Select Someone) to end the meeting with the Serenity Prayer.
Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
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