Welcome to the Fellow Travelers Recovery Community!

We’re glad you’re here.

Fellow Travelers Recovery is a multi-fellowship recovery group offering recovery meetings for people seeking freedom from compulsive sexual and love behaviors, including those who identify as Minor Attracted Persons (MAPs).

You are not alone—and you don’t have to navigate recovery by yourself.

About Our Community

Fellow Travelers is a community of individuals who design safe, respectful, and confidential spaces where people can share honestly and work toward recovery from sex addiction and sex and love addiction.

While we offer meetings with a special focus on MAPs, our meetings are not exclusive. Anyone with a desire to stop addictive or compulsive sexual behavior is welcome, provided they help maintain a safe environment for all participants.

Meetings We Offer

Fellow Travelers Recovery hosts a variety of meetings across fellowships:

  • Sex Addicts Anonymous (SAA) – focuses on abstaining from compulsive sexual behaviors
  • Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) – focuses on recognizing and abstaining from unhealthy patterns across the full spectrum of sex, love, emotional dependency, social and emotional anorexia, and fantasy

The Meeting Directory can be found at https://ftrecovery.org/meetings

We encourage you to try a few different meetings to find what feels right for you.

New to Recovery?

Starting can feel overwhelming. That’s completely normal. You’re welcome to attend any meeting—no referral or prior experience needed. You can simply listen until you feel ready to share. Our only requirements are that you abide by our safety rules and confidentiality.

When a Fellow Travelers Recovery member presents a lead share, they may opt to be recorded for our lead-share recordings page: https://ftrecovery.org/lead-share-recordings/ 

Sponsorship & Support

Many members find deeper recovery through sponsorship—working one-on-one with someone who has experience in the program.

You don’t need to be “ready” or have it all figured out to ask.

Group Guidelines (Keeping Everyone Safe)

To help maintain a supportive and secure environment, we ask all members to follow a few key guidelines:

Anonymity & Participation

  • Use your first name and last initial
  • Keep your camera on during Zoom meetings when possible

Closed Meetings

  • Meetings are for adults (18+) with a desire to stop compulsive sexual behavior
  • Observers are not permitted

Confidentiality

  • What is shared in meetings stays in meetings

Sharing Guidelines

  • Sharing is an important part of recovery. While sharing, please refrain from crosstalk. Crosstalk is defined as giving advice, responding directly to a sharer, or addressing your comments to particular individuals. 
  • Please refrain from sharing graphic details or specifics about your acting-out behavior, which could lead others to follow in your footsteps. 
  • Please don’t share websites, search terms, acting out locations, or specifics regarding any grooming behavior you may have engaged in. 
  • Please be sure to use “I or me” language and avoid speaking on behalf of other members.
  • You are welcome to share when you feel ready
  • Focus on your own experience, strength, and hope

No Cross Talk

  • During meetings, we do not interrupt or give direct advice
  • After meetings, optional fellowship time is available for connection

A word about illegal activities

  • Do not share information about any illegal activities you have undertaken, unless they have been fully reported to law enforcement. Disclosing illegal activities puts attendees in a position as parties to criminal activity, and some may be compelled to report them.

Connection & Contact Sharing

Because of the sensitive nature of these meetings:

  • We do not maintain a public member directory
  • Members may share contact information voluntarily during meetings
  • Private chat is the preferred method for sharing contact details

Special Resources at Fellow Travelers Meetings

  • WhatsApp Fellowship Support Group – If you’ve attended six or more Maps meetings and are on WhatsApp, you can ask to be added to our WhatsApp Group after the meeting.
  • Meeting Attendance Vouchers – We recommend anyone who currently has or could have legal consequences around their actions, to begin collecting attendance slips.                          
  • Other Fellowship Events and Activities, such as special-interest group fellowships, recovery workshops, social events like game nights, etc. 

Outside Resources

The following resources are provided for additional support. These are not affiliated with or endorsed by Fellow Travelers Recovery.

Outside Resources: 12-Step Fellowships

  • Sexual Compulsives Anonymous
  • Sexaholics Anonymous
  • Adult Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunctional Families

👉 Explore other 12-Step Fellowships

Outside Resources: Support for Partners & Family

  • CoSA
    • There is a COSA meeting for family and friends of minor attracted persons. For more information click here.

Outside Resources: MAP-Specific Support

A number of organizations exist specifically to support minor attracted persons (MAPs). 

Additional Resources

  • Daily Inspiration Line: +1-215-574-2120 (3 minute message)
  • Weekly Inspiration Line: +1-215-574-2121 (15-20 minute story)
  • The National Association for Rational Sex Offense Laws – https://narsol.org 
  • State Associations: https://narsol.org/affiliates/ 

Important Disclaimer

Fellow Travelers Recovery is a peer-led recovery community and not a therapy or treatment provider. While we value anonymity, confidentiality in meetings is not legally protected. If you are dealing with situations that require legal or professional guidance, please seek support from a qualified professional. If you have caused sexual harm to others or yourself, be sure to review applicable laws around mandatory reporting.

You Belong Here

Many of us arrived feeling isolated, ashamed, or unsure if recovery was possible. Over time, we’ve found connection, accountability, and hope.

If you’re looking for a safer path forward, you’re welcome here.

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