Healthcare Professionals
What is COSA? COSA was founded in 1980 as a Twelve Step recovery program for those whose lives have been affected by compulsive sexual behavior. The only requirement for COSA membership is that our lives have been affected by compulsive sexual behavior. This may include:
- People grappling with a spouse, partner, or parent’s infidelity
- People whose partners have given them a sexually transmitted disease
- Survivors of sexual abuse or sexual assault
- Partners of pornography addicts
- Parents of children who sexually act out
- Adult children of sex addicts
- People dealing with sexual harassment or surveillance
- Partners who feel pressured into sexual behaviors they do not feel comfortable with
- Anyone whose life has been affected by compulsive sexual behavior.
Who is invited to COSA? The COSA fellowship welcomes all genders, all varieties of relationship to the addict, all religious and spiritual preferences, all employment statuses, all marital statuses, all ethnicities, cultures, and languages. COSA does not discriminate on the basis of class, financial status, sexual orientation or gender identification, physical or mental challenges, race, or national origins.
What can COSA do for those who have been affected by compulsive sexual behavior? COSA is not a therapy group, nor is it designed to replace professional help. COSA may:
- be a source of free and daily support between appointments
- encourage members to follow through with honesty while working with a professional
- help members find that they are not alone
- help members find healing from issues like despair, obsessive thoughts, isolation, and paralyzing anxiety
- help members become aware of their own behaviors in relationships.
Please visit us at www.cosa-recovery.org to find information, literature, and a schedule of meetings across the country and the world including local, in-person meetings, as well as secure online and phone meetings.
In Service,
The COSA Outreach Committee