The Inner Rhythm of Recovery: Living Steps Three to Eleven - Recovery unfolds through a rhythm of pausing, listening, and surrender. This experiential workshop explores Steps Three and Eleven through meditation, moving beyond theory and using meditation as a practical recovery tool to cultivate conscious contact with our inner lives and a Higher Power. Participants will engage in guided practices designed to deepen awareness and compassion while learning a sustainable framework for integrating meditation into daily recovery. Gain the tools to navigate the ebbs and flows of the human experience with greater presence, curiosity, and the strength to live in reality.

When Sponsees Aren’t Ready - Navigating sponsorship when a sponsee is not yet sober presents a unique challenge: how do you foster recovery while they are still struggling? Join us for an interactive exploration of "building the ladder" to sobriety while a sponsee is still "digging the hole." This workshop offers sponsors practical strategies—from gathering data on triggers to finding a personal "why"—to balance non-judgment with essential accountability. Through shared experience and discussion, we will explore how to build a robust recovery toolbox and support sponsees who desire recovery but are not yet willing or able to fully commit to sobriety.

Reconciliation: Rebuilding Love and Trust using the Twelve Steps - This workshop focuses on fostering reconciliation and building healthy, open systems within personal relationships after entering S.L.A.A. Participants will begin by sharing experience, strength, and hope (ESH), emphasizing the journey from active addiction to recovery. The session introduces "Open Systems Theory" and uses the S.L.A.A. Basic Text and the "Healthy Relationships" pamphlet to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy dynamics. Attendees will receive a visual aid and writing prompts to evaluate their own relationship systems and discover how Steps 4 and 10 help identify personal patterns that either encourage openness or create closed systems.

The Role of Fantasy in Sex and Love Addiction - Unmask the hidden driver of sex and love addiction in this compelling workshop focused on compulsive fantasy. For many, fantasy serves as a dangerous escape and a critical enabler of bottom-line behaviors. This session explores how addictive fantasizing creates unmanageability and leads to relapse, while offering practical, Step-based strategies to stay present. Participants will learn to differentiate between healthy imagination and addictive fantasy using tools such as fantasy inventories, mindfulness techniques, and relevant literature.

Developing a Practical Coping Skills Toolkit - This workshop will equip attendees with core coping skill types, including Emotion-focused, Problem-focused, Cognitive, Behavioral, and Relational techniques. The session provides practical tools like grounding, urge surfing, trigger mapping, and technology controls. Participants will learn to build a personalized, one-page toolkit and discuss comprehensive relapse-prevention plans. We will also cover engaging support systems, practicing self-compassion, and creating a concrete action plan using SMART goals. This program focuses on practical steps for recovery.

Fostering Loving & Supportive Community to Support Growth in Recovery - How do we develop a community in recovery in order to support our growth and development? In this workshop, we will review the benefits of persevering through fear to foster and develop a supportive community in S.L.A.A. and take a deep dive into the tools available (meetings, outreach, fellowship, sponsorship). We will also review how to use triggers as resources as a means to recognize our part when triggered so that we do not perpetuate harms against others in fostering the community. Triggers as a Resource booklet will be referenced.

Navigating Legal Consequences - The old saying goes that unaddressed addiction ultimately ends with jails, institutions, or death. This workshop will provide attendees with an overview of the important work of the S.L.A.A. Hospitals and Institutions Committee (CHIC). The facilitators will share their experience, strength, and hope around their involvement in the criminal legal system. Resources will be provided.

Wisdom to Know the Difference - There's a reason we keep coming back to that line in the Serenity Prayer — it's a lifelong practice. This workshop offers a simple, portable process for finding that line: the one between what is ours to act on and what is ours to release. In less than 30 minutes, you'll move through an inventory exercise grounded in Steps 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 11 that you can take with you. No prior step work required — just bring yourself and whatever's on your mind today.

Meditation for Self-Love - Many of us in S.L.A.A. struggle with negative self-esteem. Accessing the powerful tool of meditation can be challenging for people. In this workshop, attendees will cultivate feelings of self-regard and care through guided meditation and journaling. This workshop is an opportunity to deepen one's Step 11 work through meditation in a safe, accessible, and nurturing setting.