S.A. Lifeline Foundation · A nonprofit since 2008
Recovery from sexual addiction. Healing from betrayal trauma. One step at a time.
Whether the addiction is yours, or you’re the one wounded, or you love someone in the middle of it — there is a path from here. We’ve walked people down it since 2008, through free and confidential 12-Step meetings, education, and community.
You are not the only one. Not even close.
Sexual addiction hides in ordinary houses, ordinary marriages, ordinary congregations — and so does the trauma it leaves behind. Since 2008, S.A. Lifeline has helped individuals and families say the hard words out loud and begin again. Founders Steven & Rhyll Croshaw started here themselves.
Find your path
Addiction and betrayal are different wounds and require unique support. Start with the path below that sounds like your experience.
For unwanted sexual behavior
If the struggle is yours
You can stop. Not by willpower alone, but with a real program, other men who get it, and a way forward that has worked for thousands. The first step is quieter than you think.
Start your recoveryFor betrayal trauma
If you’ve been the one wounded
What you’re feeling is trauma, not weakness — and your healing does not depend on what your spouse chooses. There is a path built just for you, with women who understand.
Begin your healingFor family & supporters
If you love someone who is struggling
Parents, siblings, friends, clergy, therapists — you can support recovery without carrying it alone. Learn what actually helps, what quietly harms, and where to point the person you love.
Find resources for supportersWhat recovery actually looks like
Recovery is more than white-knuckling or changing outward behaviors. Recovery from addiction requires a transformation of the heart and mind, while healing from betrayal trauma — a distinct injury — requires unique support. Both journeys begin with willingness and are strengthened through 12-Step work, qualified therapy, meaningful connection, and spiritual grounding.
We map the whole picture in the Recovery Puzzle — an interactive guide to every piece and why it matters.
The Circle Models
From chaos to recovery, drawn in circles
The S.A. Lifeline Circle Models map the patterns of addiction, betrayal trauma, and the distressed marriage — and what healing looks like in action. Watch the same four parts of life turn from chaos to recovery.
See the models explained
Founders Steven & Rhyll Croshaw walk through the models of addiction — where the circles come from, and how recovery redraws them.
Models of Addiction · S.A. Lifeline Foundation“The SAL program has connected me to those that experience the world as I do; I’ve learned that I’m not alone. I’ve met so many amazing, humble people that have helped me confront my secret life, surrender all that I can’t control, and find the true connection.”
Isaac
“I’ve been attending meetings regularly and the changes in my life are amazing. I feel like I now have the strategies I need to daily get myself out of that trauma mode.…I had been attempting to find my own recovery for three and a half years since I found out about my husband’s addiction. I tried various programs but still would often find myself back in the same place acting like someone I am not. Finally I found S.A. Lifeline through Rhyll’s book. I’ve been attending meetings regularly and the changes in my life are amazing. I feel like I now have the strategies I need to daily get myself out of that trauma mode. I love this program and I think if I continually work it, I can have a much better life and stay in recovery indefinitely.”
Bonnie
“S.A. Lifeline has opened the path for me to experience true sobriety for the first time in my life… It has replaced my despair with confidence that I can actually live a sober life founded on healthy connections.…S.A. Lifeline has opened the path for me to experience true sobriety for the first time in my life (2.5 years sober). It has brought honesty, trust, love, and emotional connection to my relationships (especially with my wife), it has taught me to surrender deep-seated insecurities and self-deprecation. It has replaced my despair with confidence that I can actually live a sober life founded on healthy connections, and it has deepened my understanding of my God’s love for me and his infinite power to deliver me from bondage if I am willing to do His will. I will be forever grateful for SAL.”
Travis
“As my husband and I have worked recovery, we have learned to live life gently, moving forward toward healing. I am so grateful that through S.A. Lifeline I have found a happiness that I never thought possible. S.A. Lifeline has saved my marriage and healed my life.”
Alicia
“I immediately felt welcomed and loved and have never left… I am alive, happy, healthy, free, and in a loving marriage thanks to the hope and healing I found in those rooms of recovery.I had tried several different fellowships but never found true acceptance and men who knew how to work the steps could offer experience, strength and hope. Thanks to God, a week after my full disclosure when my marriage was hanging by a thread and I had hit my rock bottom, I was invited by a fellow addict to the SA Lifeline conference. There I found someone who had what I wanted. That next Tuesday I started attending the online SAL 12-Step meeting. I immediately felt welcomed and loved and have never left. I can undoubtably say that God’s hand is in SA Lifeline and SAL 12-Step and I am alive, happy, healthy, free, and in a loving marriage thanks to the hope and healing I found in those rooms of recovery.”
Justin
Take one step today: come to a meeting.
SAL 12-Step meetings are free, confidential, and gender-specific — in person and online, morning through late evening. Be brave and just come.
Men’s and women’s meetings · Meetings for spouses & partners · No cost, everOne quiet email a month
Recovery tools, new podcast episodes, and event dates. No pressure — leave anytime.
Meetings are free, and always will be
S.A. Lifeline is sustained by donations. If this path has mattered to you or someone you love, your gift keeps it open for the next person.
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