NEW ENGLAND INTERGROUP (NEI) OF SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS PRESENTS:

SPRING GATHERING 2025
THEME: RECOVERY—THE SOLUTION

Saturday April 26, 2026 11:00am- 4:00pm (EST)

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In-person Location: Grace Episcopal Church
76 Eldredge St., Newton, MA 02458

This event is hybrid in person/Zoom and we need volunteers. 
We need in person and on zoom speakers and meeting leader!  Please consider doing service for this event.
If you can help contact: [email protected]

Please Register in advance through the NEI website.
https://donorbox.org/spring-gathering-2025

If you are joining us on Zoom you MUST register to receive the log in details.

CONTRIBUTION: $18.00 – More if you can, less if you can’t. No one is turned away!
The suggested contribution helps New England Intergroup (NEI) continue its work to help the addict who is still suffering.
Donations support: the NEI website, phone line, answering service, P.O.Box, gatherings, retreats, and other NEI sponsored
events.

CONTACT
PHONE: 617-625-7961
WEBSITE: https://slaanei.org/
EMAIL: [email protected]

Schedule

11:00 -11:15 AM
Registration and Fellowship Greeting and speaking with old & new recovering friends.

11:15 AM -12:15 PM
Opening Meeting / Keynote Speaker(s) on the Theme

12:30 PM -1:30 PM
Session 1: Humor in Recovery. Sex & love addiction can cause so much pain and suffering and sometimes death. What is so
funny about that? Many find that by sharing our antics/stories we put a light on just how extreme our thinking/actions can be in the midst of addiction. In recovery we can laugh with each other, keep things in perspective, and experience new emotions. This session is about how bringing humor and laughing into our lives has played a part in our recovery and healing.

1:45 – 2:45 PM
Session 2: Acting Out/In vs. Recovery. “Acting Out” is to engage in addictive behavior. “Acting In” is to engage in actions that are isolating or withdrawing in nature. Both reflect avoidant behaviors that are harmful to us. Each person in S.L.A.A acts “out” and/or “in” differently, but with help from a Higher Power, our sponsor, and recovering addicts we can move to recovery too. The S.L.A.A. program can help us stay sober and start living a life without active addiction. This session is about how we recognize our addictive patterns and admit powerlessness over them. That allows us to get help to stay sober from our patterns and start living a life of recovery.

3:00 – 4:00 PM
Session 3: Recovery: the Promises.  When we are more active in recovery by working the Steps, some of the promises can start to occur even if we haven’t finished Step 9. This session is about how the promises have manifested in our lives and what we do to keep the promises alive today.

This event is open to anyone who identifies as a sex and/or love addict or is interested in finding out about recovery from this addiction in the S.L.A.A. program.

Interested in doing service work at this event?  Ask us how you can get involved!

We look forward to seeing you soon! 

SIGN UP HERE
https://donorbox.org/spring-gathering-2025