Most international online SLAA Groups use WhatsApp Chat Groups for their Members to engage in fellowship, support and outreach between Meetings.
Groups can share their WhatsApp Details on this Page if they wish by sending a request to slaavirtual@gmail.com. It is not a requirement to register your WAG with FWS or SLAAvirtual.
SLAAvirtual Groups Community
To ask to join any of these WhatsApp Groups, message the SLAAvirtual Infoline using WhatsApp and request the SLAA Groups Link.
| WhatsApp Group | Members | Opened | Mutual Aid to Recover |
| At June 2026 | |||
| Announcements | 1873 | 07-May-18 | Notice Board |
| SLAA Women’s Share | 426 | 05-Oct-20 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Fantasy Addiction | 740 | 01-Jun-21 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Sober Dating | 703 | 30-Jun-21 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Withdrawal Coed | 525 | 29-Aug-21 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Healthy Relationships | 592 | 02-Oct-21 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Love Addiction | 578 | 24-Jan-22 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Boundaries Group | 474 | 01-Feb-22 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Parents in Recovery | 189 | 08-Jul-22 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Mens Discussion | 170 | 06-May-24 | Discussion & Support |
| SLAAvirtual Mens Withdrawal | 108 | 06-May-24 | Readings, shares & outreach |
SLAAvirtual Mens Community
To ask to join any of these WhatsApp Groups, message the SLAAvirtual Infoline using WhatsApp and request the SLAA Mens Link.
| SLAA Mens Announcements | 412 | 01-Jun-21 | Noticeboard |
| SLAA Mens Discussion | 159 | 06-May-24 | Discussion & Support |
| SLAAvirtual Mens Withdrawal | 97 | 06-May-24 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAAvirtual Men’s Outreach | 159 | 06-May-24 | Outreach Service |
| SLAA Mens Sponsorship | 109 | 25-Sep-25 | Sponsorship service |
| Married Men in SLAA | 90 | 26-Apr-25 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAAvirtual Mens Withdrawal | 137 | 2026 | Readings, shares & outreach |
SLAAvirtual Services Community
To ask to join any of these WhatsApp Groups, message the SLAAvirtual Infoline using WhatsApp and request the SLAA Services Link.
| Announcements | 1562 | 01-Jun-21 | Noticeboard |
| SLAA Women’s Outreach | 627 | 26-Jan-24 | Outreach Service |
| SLAA Womens Anorexia OR | 352 | 09-Dec-21 | Outreach Service |
| SLAA Daily Toplines Coed | 244 | 02-Mar-24 | Outreach Service |
| Maintaining Healthy Reationships | 242 | 08-Jan-24 | Workshop Waiting List |
| SLAA Prayer/Meditation | 393 | 30-Dec-21 | Daily Step 11 |
| Codependents in SLAA | 306 | 20-Jun-24 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA- Womens Outreach | 348 | 15-Feb-21 | Outreach Service |
| SLAAvirtual Womens Withdrawal | 304 | 22-Feb-22 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| General (SLAA Humour & Chat) | 164 | 30-May-24 | Fellowship activity |
| Artists & Creatives in SLAA | 206 | 07-Jun-24 | Fellowship activity |
| SLAA Music in Recovery | 89 | 07-Jun-24 | Fellowship activity |
| SLAA Fantasy Addiction Outreach | 238 | 30-Mar-24 | Outreach Service |
| Sober Dating Workshop Waiting Room | 12 | 24-Apr-23 | Waiting room |
| Gamers in SLAA Recovery | 24 | 23-Jul-25 | Fellowship activity |
| SLAA Withdrawal Women Only | 284 | 01-Feb-22 | Outreach Service |
| SLAA Movies in Recovery | 70 | 21-Jun-25 | Fellowship activity |
Sponsorship & Stepwork Community
To ask to join any of these WhatsApp Groups, message the SLAAvirtual Infoline using WhatsApp and request the SLAA Stepwork Link.
| Stepwork Announcements | 1642 | 01-Jun-21 | Information Board |
| SLAAdies HOW Step Group | 304 | 21-Feb-22 | Step questions, shares & outreach |
| NEW HOW Step Group | 34 | 07-Oct-25 | Step Work Group |
| NEW Anorexia Steps Workshop | 104 | 21-Sep-25 | Step Work Group |
| NEW SLAA Anorexia Sponsorship | 63 | 03-Jue-26 | Sponsorship service |
| SLAA 12 Characteristics Study | 136 | 30-May-24 | Study Characteristics |
| SLAA Women Only Sponsorship | 694 | 04-May-21 | Sponsorship service |
| SLAA Anorexia Group | 539 | 24-Aug-18 | Daily step questions, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Sponsor/ee Women Grp | 602 | 10-Feb-21 | Sponsorship service |
| Saturday Healthy Relationships Workshop | 59 | 05-Nov-22 | Step, Tradition and Signs Study |
| SLAA 12 Traditions Study | 155 | 01-Mar-21 | Study Traditions |
| SLAA 12 Signs of Recovery | 190 | 05-Oct-23 | Study Signs |
| NEW SLAA 12 Concepts of World Service | 25 | 25-Sep-25 | Study Concepts |
| Women’s Reading Meeting | 104 | 9-Jul-25 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| NEW SLAA Steps & Sponsorship | 62 | 19-Jul-25 | Discussion Group |
| NEW 12 in 12 Step Group | 12 | 29-11-25 | Step Work Group |
| SLAA Anorexia Withdrawal | 145 | 29-Jun-25 | Fellowship and support |
Special Interest Group Community
To ask to join any of these WhatsApp Groups, message the SLAAvirtual Infoline using WhatsApp and request the Special Interest Link.
| Announcements | 1392 | 01-Jun-21 | Information Board |
| SLAA BDSM Addiction Recovery Chat | 123 | 11-Jan-23 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Neurodiverse Discussion | 350 | 10-Dec-20 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Neurodiverse Outreach | 209 | 07-Dec-23 | Outreach Service |
| Christians in SLAA | 174 | 12-Jul-23 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| Muslims in SLAA | 17 | 18-Apr-25 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Women Abuse Survivors | 142 | 01-Jun-24 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| BPD Women of SLAA | 131 | 29-Nov-20 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Sober Dating & Neurodivergence | 230 | 08-Dec-23 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| QSLAA | 301 | 30-May-24 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Trauma Recovery | 414 | 16-Jun-21 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| Military & Veterans in SLAA | 16 | 24-Feb-25 | Outreach Service |
| SLAA Step Ten Group | 32 | 10-May-23 | Outreach Service |
| NEW BIPOC SLAA Womyn Only | 30 | 09-06-23 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| Married Women in SLAA | 80 | 15-May-25 | Meeting Group |
| Sex Workers in SLAA | 24 | 23-Feb-25 | Meeting Group |
| SLAA Mental Health Group | 154 | 20-Jun-24 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA Divorce with Dignity | 88 | 8-Sep-25 | Meeting Group |
| Sex & Love in the Digital Age | 179 | 7-Aug-25 | Meeting Group |
| Jewish members in SLAA | 64 | 19-Sep-25 | Meeting Group |
| NEW SLAA Adoptees in Recovery | 23 | 08-01-26 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| NEW SLAA – Food & Body Image | 147 | 21-Mar-26 | Meeting Group |
SLAA Information Services Community
Go here to join the Community and you can then ask to join a group where members do 12th Step Work to assist you to connect to Meetings and Support in your Region:
| Announcements | 1663 | 01-Jun-21 | Information Board |
| SLAAvirtual Infoline | NA | 23-Feb-21 | 12th Step Service |
| SLAA Workshop/Events | 468 | 15-Feb-21 | Workshop Directory |
| SLAA Online Meetings | 925 | 25-Jan-24 | Meeting Directory |
| SLAA Conference News and Information | 111 | 08-Sep-20 | Information Board |
| SLAA India (Hindi) | 89 | 19-Oct-21 | Sharing, outreach and information |
| SLAA Pakistan (Urdu) | 14 | 09-Apr-25 | Sharing, outreach and information |
| SLAA Japan | 10 | 24-Jan-25 | Sharing, outreach, translation information |
| SLAA Africa | 64 | 18-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| SLAA Norway | 9 | 27-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| SLAA Indonesia | 24 | 20-Jun-22 | 12th step service |
| SLAA Denmark | 5 | 16-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| German Speaking SLAA | 33 | 17-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| French Speaking SLAA | 24 | 17-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| Italian Speaking SLAA | 12 | 17-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| Arabic Speaking SLAA | 50 | 17-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| Russian Speaking SLAA | 10 | 17-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| NEW SLAA Turkey (Turkish speakers and diaspora) | 8 | 17-Apr-25 | 12th step service & translation |
| NEW Chinese Speaking SLAA | 17 | 14-11-25 | 12th step service & translation |
| Portuguese Speaking SLAA | 33 | 17-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| Español / Castellano/ Spanish Speaking SLAA | 88 | 17-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| SLAA Nederland | 61 | 17-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| Israelis in SLAA | 31 | 17-Apr-25 | 12th step service |
| SLAA Member Pets | 123 | 15-Apr-25 | Fellowship & fun |
| SLAA South East Asia | 57 | 19-Oct-21 | 12th step service |
| SLAA New Zealand & Pacific | 22 | 11-May-25 | 12th step service |
| NEW SLAA Costa Rica | 9 | 12th step service | |
| NEW SLAA Latvia | 4 | 12-02-26 | 12th step service |
| NEW SLAA Hausa Speaking (Africa) | 1 | 09-06-26 | 12th step service |
| SLAA Delegates & Representatives | 85 | Information exchange between Intergroups |
SLAAvirtual Meetings WhatsApp Groups
To ask to join these Meetings and be invited by the Group to their WhatsApp Group, go to their meetings (on the SLAAvirtual Calendar) and ask for their WhatsApp link.
| SLAA Moms Serenity | 212 | 25-Oct-20 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| NEW The Next Step Group | 160 | tba | Meetings, readings, shares & outreach |
| NEW SLAA Serenity Group | 527 | 23-06-25 | Meetings, readings, shares & outreach |
| NEW Signal & Shelter | tba | 17-02-26 | Meetings, readings, shares & outreach |
| SLAA WhatsApp Group Admins | 56 | 17-Aug-21 | Supports all SLAA WhatsApp Admins |
| CPTSD/SLAA Womens Group | 100 | 10-Feb-21 | Support Group |
Recommendations by SLAAvirtual
The SLAAvirtual Infoline will also assist members to join these other good SLAA Groups (not managed by the SLAAvirtual Intergroup or any of its Member Groups):
| All 12 Step Meetings Links | 257 | 28-Jan-20 | No, not SLAA |
| Sunrise Surrender | 241 | 27-Apr-24 | Discussion and Outreach |
| Grace & Unity | 312 | 07-May-23 | Outreach Service |
| SLAA Anorexia Focus | 138 | 05-Oct-20 | Readings, shares & outreach |
| Recovery in Relationships | 317 | 09-Jun-21 | Discussion and Outreach |
| SLAA Anorexia Focus | 138 | 05-Oct-20 | Discussion and Outreach |
| S.L.A.A. Los Angeles Welcome Group And Friends Fellowship | 288 | tba | Meetings, readings, shares & outreach |
| Step 11 Meditation Group meeting | 218 | tba | Meetings, readings, shares & outreach |
SLAAvirtual Trusted Servants Community
To join you must be a current elected Representative of an online or hybrid SLAA Group or other trusted servant appointed by group conscience to one of these Groups.
| Announcements | 309 | 01-Jun-21 | Notice Board |
| SVIG Calendar Management | 13 | 09-May-24 | Calendar changes |
| SLAAvirtual Tech Team | 13 | 29-Jan-24 | Tech Strategy |
| SVIG Intergroup | 42 | 15-Apr-21 | Intergroup Business |
| SVIG Complaint Resolution | 5 | 13-Nov-23 | Complaint handling |
| SVIG Public Information Committee | 7 | 17-06-25 | Public Outreach |
| SLAAvirtual Agenda | 25 | 19-Apr-21 | Monthly Agenda Items |
| B Group Trusted Servants | 4 | 12-Dec-23 | Group Management |
| NEW SVIG News Team | 3 | 17-06-25 | Newsletter Items |
| SLAA Humour and Insp | 69 | 19-Feb-21 | Trusted Servants fellowship |
| 12 Steps in 12 Weeks | 36 | 05-Jan-24 | Project Team |
| SLAAvirtual Community Managers | 9 | 07-Feb-24 | Appointed to manage Communities |
| SVIG Membership Managers | 4 | 05-May-24 | Process Applications |
| 2026 ABM Preparation | 20 | 06-Mar-23 | Delegate Group |
| NEW SVIG Zoom Users Group | 18 | 29-Oct-25 | Project Team |
| NEW Anorexia Steps Waiting List | 52 | Workshop Waiting List | |
| SVIG Design & Website | 6 | 25-Feb-22 | Website and Outreach materials |
| SLAA Special Interest Admins | 6 | 02-02-25 | Admin peer support |
FAQ
Can a WhatsApp Group register with SLAA?
Yes and no!!
Any two or more persons gathered together for mutual aid in
SLAA Tradition 3
recovering from sex and love addiction may call themselves an S.L.A.A. group, provided that as a group they have no other affiliation.
FWS accepts WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal and many other online chats as eligible platforms when members decide to register as a new Group.
The expressions “Group” and “Meeting” are often used interchangeably in 12 Step, but the Traditions themselves define that it is Groups, not Meetings, that are eligible to form part of SLAA.
However, 12 Step Fellowships describe chat groups as “Non Real Time Meetings”. The Board of SLAA recently decided that only virtual groups that formally “gather” at a set agreed time as a meeting can be registered as a SLAA Group.
We suggest therefore that your Group choose a day and time to meet “in real time” to for example, get current with one another and discuss any business of the Group requiring a group conscience decision.
Then when registering with SLAA make sure to describe the Group as a Chat Group that meets at an agreed time and day at least weekly and provides members with 24/7 support via the chatgroup between meetings.
Any Group that is registered with FWS as a Group is eligible to join as a Member of the SLAAvirtual Intergroup. Here is the link to Register your Group, if your online Group votes in Group Conscience to register as a Group with SLAA.
Voting on the SLAAvirtual Intergroup and for a Delegate to Conference is one vote per Group, not one vote per Meeting, so keep that in mind when you register with FWS.
Which Groups should not register with SLAA FWS?
Any online SLAA group or meeting should only register as a SLAA Group if it adheres to the 12 Traditions of SLAA (see below). Registration is a decision made by FWS. See slaafws.org for more information.
SLAAvirtual Intergroup does not list:
- Face-to-face SLAA meetings (visit the SLAA Meeting Finder instead)
- Digital recording, “daily reading,” or “social networking” sites or blogs
- Non-SLAA web sites, groups or email lists, but SLAA Groups can use hosting services from providers like WhatsApp, Zoom and Google.
- Meetings that appear to be conducted by an organization or by individuals who are not SLAA members.
- Groups or meetings calling themselves “SLAA” but that participate in “affiliate programs”; that is, they receive income from ad placement (or from any non-SLAA source).
How do SLAA’s Traditions apply to Groups?
An overview of how the Traditions apply to SLAA groups, in brief:
- all group members are sex and love addicts (or have a desire to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction)
- the group is fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions
- the group has no other affiliation
- the group does not endorse outside enterprises
- the group has no opinion on outside issues
- the group maintains the anonymity of its members (no full names or photos of members in public view)
How do I create a WhatsApp Group?
See the Suggestions How To Create a WhatsApp Group
Suggestions for SLAA WhatsApp Groups
SLAAvirtual Intergroup has compiled a list of suggestions for best practice in managing a SLAA WhatsApp Group. Feedback is welcome: email slaavirtual@gmail.com