San Francisco / East Bay SLAA

EB: Applying 12 Step Principles
2026-04-10 07:30 UTC | Epworth United Methodist Church, 1953 Hopkins Street, Berkeley, CA, 94707
This meeting is in person. We read from three different books.

Epworth United Methodist Church, 1953 Hopkins St, Berkeley, CA 94707, upstairs in the library

O. 12. GC.

South SF: Safe Arrivals
2026-04-10 08:30 - 09:45 (America/Los_Angeles) | West Bay Alano Club, 216 Mosswood Way, South San Francisco, United States
Safe Arrivals is a weekly meeting with a primary focus on recovery from emotional, social, sexual, and work-related anorexia — patterns of withdrawal, avoidance, and difficulty giving or receiving nourishment in life.
Many people who struggle in these ways do not identify with common descriptions of sex or love addiction. Some have little relationship history at all, yet experience:

Chronic isolation or loneliness
Fear of closeness, exposure, or vulnerability
Emotional numbing or detachment
Reliance on fantasy instead of real connection
Disappearing or withdrawing when stress increases
Avoidance of people, places, and situations that might be triggering
Difficulty sustaining meaningful work, self-care, or daily structure

In SLAA, these patterns are understood as part of the same illness — often described as anorexia, a compulsive restriction of emotional, relational, sexual, or life nourishment.
This can include work anorexia, such as:

Avoidance of necessary work tasks or career development
Acting-in behaviors that block productivity or forward movement
Cycles of procrastination, paralysis, or shutdown
Difficulty tolerating evaluation, responsibility, or visibility
Neglect of health, finances, or daily self-maintenance

Avoidance may once have served as protection from overwhelm, trauma, or shame, but over time it can become a life strategy that deepens isolation and reduces freedom.
Safe Arrivals aims to provide a calm, structured, trauma-informed environment where recovery can begin at a manageable pace. The emphasis is on stability, consistency, and rebuilding capacity for connection, responsibility, and participation in life.
You do not need to use any specific label to attend. If patterns of withdrawal or restriction are causing suffering, you are welcome.
West Bay Alano Club
216 Mosswood Way
South San Francisco
Free Parking; 10 minute drive from SFO Rental Car center; Samtrans ECR bus; 25 minute walk to BART; 30 minute walk to Caltrans.

Healthy Fun & Adventure (Men)
2026-04-10 19:30 - 20:30 UTC | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88059783225?pwd=[REDACTED]
(formerly in-person in SF)
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88059783225?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 880 5978 3225
Passcode: [REDACTED]
+1 669 900 6833 US

One Ultimate Authority: Power of Group Conscience
2026-04-10 21:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-11 21:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-12 21:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-13 21:00 - 22:00 UTC | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87052578236?pwd=[REDACTED]
Tradition 2: For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority – a loving god as this power may be expressed through our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants, they do not govern.
We meet seven nights a week at 9 pm pacific time, same Zoom link every night, and everyone is welcome.

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Healing Late Night Cravings
2026-04-10 21:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-11 21:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-12 21:00 - 22:00, 2026-04-13 21:00 - 22:00 UTC | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9818781190?pwd%3DcGp2MmN4bG04V0c0V2IrcENMWUNJUT09&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2MobXfsymxB6kCg4TEcyZx
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Group email: HealingLNC9@gmail.com

Open Men's Meeting
2026-04-11 08:00 - 09:00 UTC | CA, United States
Zoom is open at 7:45 before the meeting and left open for fellowship after the meeting until 9:30.
How to ensure your anonymity online/phone
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EB: Men's Meeting – Living in the Solution (NEW)
2026-04-11 09:00 - 10:00 UTC | Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 1823 9th Street, Berkeley, CA, United States
This meeting is in-person. Reading/Writing alternate weeks.

Fellowship following the meeting is encouraged.
O. Men’s. GC, 12, GC, SC, SD.

Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
1823 Ninth St. Berkeley, CA 94710 – Sisson Salon

SF: Women's, Trans & Non Binary SLAA Mtg
2026-04-11 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | Gratitude Center, 1320 7th Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94122
Format: weeks 1-3, we read from the SLAA Basic Text; week 4 is a Speaker.
Women, trans, and non binary identifying humans only.
Newcomers welcome!

Gratitude Center, 1320 7th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94122

EB: Women, Trans, & Gender Queer in Recovery
2026-04-11 10:30 - 11:45 UTC | Lake Merritt United Methodist Church, 1330 Lakeshore Ave, Oakland, CA, 94606
This is a meeting only for women, trans and gender queer people.

Format
Speaker-discussion, step study, getting current

In Person
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church
1330 Lakeshore Ave
Oakland, CA 94606

Enter street level at 1330 Lakeshore Ave. Ring the labeled doorbell there for 12 steps groups.

Zoom
If you’d like to join via Zoom, please contact sat.wtq.slaa@gmail.com or Jennifer (949) 241-4839 ahead of time.

SLAA HOW Workshop 20-Week Healthy Relationships
2026-04-11 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Los_Angeles)
SLAA HOW Workshop 20-Week Healthy Relationships
March 7 – 18 July, 2026 at 2-3:30pm PST (once DLS is in effect, it will be 3-4:30)
Weekly Workshop on Zoom, Step Work focus & support, HOW Concept & Tools, help finding a sponsor, weekly Speaker shares, fellowship, outreach, private WhatsApp Groups, and Open House meetings
*Sponsors start meeting on 28 Feb 2026*
Questions? Contact slaa.how.workshop@gmail.com
Sign up at: https://sites.google.com/view/slaahowworkshop/20-week-workshop-SLAA-HOW

EB: Saturday Evening in North Berkeley
2026-04-11 18:00 - 19:15 UTC | Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA, 94709, United States
All are welcome, this is an open, in-person meeting.
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (“BFUU”) Church
1606 Bonita Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709.
To get to the meeting room, enter the courtyard through the gate on Bonita Ave., enter the building to the left and go up the stairs, enter the first doorway on the left and go to the room straight ahead.
All are welcome, this is an open meeting. Format to be determined by group conscience.

SF & HYBRID: Uptown Saturday Night
2026-04-11 18:00 - 19:30 UTC | Holy Innocents Church, 455 Fair Oaks Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
O, GC, CH, S. Chips last Saturday of each month. Fellowship happens most Saturdays after the meeting.
If you’d like to attend the meeting in person, please join us at Holy Innocents Church at 455 Fair Oaks St (between 25th and 26th) in San Francisco.
If you’d like to join via Zoom, please email saturdayslaasf@gmail.com and someone will reply with the Zoom meeting details.
Per group conscience, we ask anyone who is sick or experiencing cold or flu-like symptoms to stay home to protect the health of all in-person meeting participants.

Trans & Non-Binary & BIPOC & Accomplices Meeting
2026-04-12 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | CA, United States
Please reach out to this email to request the meeting ID and password:
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Marin: Focus on Spirituality
2026-04-12 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | First Presbyterian Church, 72 Kensington, Room 203, San Anselmo, United States
Format: Meditation, Literature, Speaker, All Gender
This meeting is every Sunday, 5-6pm

First Presbyterian Church
72 Kensington, Room 203
San Anselmo, CA 94960

Enter from the courtyard or office which faces Mariposa street (one block from Kensington). Room 203 is upstairs.

EB: Practicing Healthy Relationships
2026-04-12 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, 3600 Broadway, Lower- Level, Conference Room LL-H1 & H2, Oakland, United States
Practicing Healthy Relationships is a 1-hour open meeting of SLAA. We welcome newcomers and anyone who wants to know about sex and love addiction.
Two weeks are speaker-discussion and two weeks are readings.
Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
3600 Broadway, Lower- Level
Conference Room LL-H1 and H2

EB: Trans, GQ & Women's Meeting
2026-04-12 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | St Pauls Lutheran Church, 1658 Excelsior Ave, Oakland, CA, United States
Step Study 3rd, Speaker 2nd & 4th, Business meeting 1st.
St Pauls Lutheran Church
1658 Excelsior Ave, Oakland, CA 94602
*Entrance on Woodruff Ave
*Ramp entrance on Excelsior Ave
C, SC, 12, GC, WA, S, SD, NC, GL.

Focus on Love Addiction
2026-04-12 18:45 - 20:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA, United States
Meetings on the first four Sundays of each month only — No meeting on the 5th Sunday of the month.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83530443266?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 835 30443266
Password: [REDACTED]
Additional information: For script and readings, visit https://app.box.com/s/z6stzhdsov9bh81d2y9h3kbiwrisv67d

Healing from Fantasy & Intrigue
2026-04-12 19:15 - 20:30 UTC | CA, United States
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Meeting ID: 891 6636 6290
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Multilogue Group (Men)
2026-04-13 17:30 - 18:30 UTC | https://slaa-sfeb.org/event/526/2026-04-13/
The format of the meeting is for a member to choose a topic and for everyone to share on that topic or a topic of their choice. Everyone will be given the chance to speak in the meeting. At the beginning of the meeting, How It Works will be read. At the 30 minute mark, the treasurer’s information will be shared for 7th tradition, and a member will read the promises. At the end of the meeting, the group will recite the Serenity Prayer.
The meeting is virtual on Mondays at 5:30 pm PT and only open to men who identify as a sex and love addict. Men Only.
Zoom link:
https://zoom.us/j/85281817502
Meeting ID: 852 8181 7502
Passcode: [REDACTED]

SF: HOW Healthy Relationships
2026-04-13 19:30 - 20:45 UTC | St. Ignatius Church, 650 Parker Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94118
The entrance may not be obvious. We are in the St. Ignatius Church on Parker & Fulton in the Pedro Arrupe room. Look for a brick at the top of the NE corner stairwell as well as “Augustine Fellowship” signs pointing to our room; go down the stairwell to below ground level. We are at the closest entrance/stairwell below street level adjacent to the Hilltop Campus grass quadrant and the USF Gleeson library. We are the furthest corner of the St. Ignatius Church from the Parker/Fulton intersection.
Per group conscience, this is a no-pets meeting (with the exception of service animals). We ask those joining to be scent-free and refrain from excess perfumes.We ask that you refrain from eating in the meeting. Finally, we ask anyone who is sick or experiencing cold or flu-like symptoms to stay home to protect the health of all in-person meeting participants. Masking for protection is optional at this point but is welcomed if it makes any participant feel safe at this meeting.
We have created a website (bit.ly/SLAA-HOW-HealthySF) which provides more details about our meeting (as there are occasional adjustments needed). If you wish to reach out and find information about the meeting, feel free to drop a line to SFHRMonday@gmail.com.
C, CO, DA, GC, HOW, HR, NC, S, SC, WD.
Fellowship occurs following our meeting at a local restaurant, decided by group conscience

WC: Walnut Creek SLAA
2026-04-13 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | St. Paul’s Commons & Trinity Center, 1888 Trinity Ave, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596
MEETING: Walnut Creek Monday Eve SLAA
DAY/TIME: Mondays, 7:30 PM

VIA ZOOM on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Mondays
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/463523779?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 463 523 779
Password: [REDACTED]

IN-PERSON on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month
St Paul’s Commons & Trinity Center
1888 Trinity Ave, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
ACCESS: Back of the courtyard, enter through the door signed as “MEETING ROOMS”
PARKING: On the street, or in the large lot across from the church next door.

EB: In the Solution (Men)
2026-04-14 07:30 - 08:30 UTC | Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA, 94709, United States
This meeting is an in-person, men’s meeting.

Men only. O. 12, GC, SC, SD.

In the Solution (Men)
2026-04-14 07:30 - 08:30 UTC | https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83794255879?pwd=[REDACTED]
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83794255879?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 837 9425 5879
Passcode: [REDACTED]
O, 12, GC, SC, SD.

Sex Workers
2026-04-14 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
This meeting is online – please email ourmondaynightmeeting@gmail.com for more info and link.
Closed meeting for current and former sex workers.
Who is a sex worker?
Sex worker is a broad based term encompassing telephone sex operators, web cam workers, glamour models, porn actors, strippers, burlesque dancers, sensual masseuses, street walkers, escorts, bdsm providers, and the whole host of the sex working world in between.
This meeting is for anyone who self-identifies with the above. Please call the number above with any questions.
