Category: SCA ISO
Attraction rather than Promotion
SCA’s primary purpose and tradition is to carry it’s message to the sexual compulsive who still suffers. We are looking for help from anyone that may have internet experience with ways to ATTRACT those that may be interested or affected by CSBD (Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder) to our websites: SCAnneronline.org, https://www.youtube.com/@SCA-Recovery, SCA-recovery.org and our various Intergroups and WhatsApp meetings.
Please feel free to contact the SCAnner’s editor with any thoughts, ideas and suggestions.
Want to be of Service?
Each SCA Meeting can have a vote?
At the 2023 SCA ISO Conference the following updates to the By-laws were made:
Article I. Delegates, Section 2. Voting Rights and Proxies
As indicated in Section 1. above, each Intergroup delegation has as many votes as the number of meetings
they represent. An individual meeting can choose to withdraw their vote from the local intergroup and send
their elected or selected representative instead. All delegates may participate in the ISO conference in
person, or by electronic means, including internet conferencing software, telephone, or other digital
methods that ISO may employ in the future. Intergroups or meetings that do not participate in the
proceedings using any of these methods may select a proxy to represent them and cast their votes. This
proxy may be another participating Intergroup, meeting, officer, or another member of SCA. A proxy
designation must be made known to the ISO Chair at least one (1) week before the scheduled conference.
Groups not participating in the ISO conference discussions will be counted as absent in any vote unless
their proxy votes on their behalf
Remembering Bill E (SCA LA, San Diego & Washington DC)
Bill died on November 15th of pancreatic cancer. A Celebration of Life will be held for him on Saturday, January 17th 2026 at 11AM. It will take place at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, 2728 Sixth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101. There will be a reception to follow in the Great Hall.
If you plan to attend, please send an email to: Bill.Eadie.COL@gmail.com to give them an idea of the number of people who might participate.
Bill was an ISO rep for Los Angeles and San Diego SCA in the early days of ISO. He was very active in our literature development committees. More recently, he worked on the SCA History and Unity Committee. His background in history and academics was a great help to our work. Bill also served for several years as the ISO Webmaster, helping to produce our current website. Thirty two years ago Bill moved to Washington DC and helped start SCA there and those original meetings are still ongoing today.
Bill E. was a scholar and a gentleman in my experience, and his long and dedicated service to SCA will have touched the lives of many members who are likely completely unaware of it, as well as those who are.
ISO’s 2025 Annual Conference in St. Louis
Update from Sharon S., ISO Chair:
In April we convened ISO’s Annual Conference in St. Louis — in person for the first time since 2019! We also welcomed folks from around the world via Zoom. A huge thanks to the planning committee for hosting a great meeting!
ISO’s Annual Conference is our fellowship’s business meeting, where we share how and what SCA meetings and intergroups are doing across the world. We talk about how best to reach newcomers and support members. We note our progress and challenge ourselves to do more.
It was fantastic to be together in person this year! I’ve been on many of Zoom calls with SCA Executive Committee members and fellows I feel quite connected to that I have never actually been in the same room with. Meeting in person strengthened our relationships and deepened trust.
Here are some meeting highlights from our three-day conference:
New Characteristic about sexual anorexia
One of the most significant decisions made at this year’s ISO was to add a new Characteristic about sexual anorexia/avoidance to The Characteristics Most of Us Seem to Have in Common. You can read the history of this decision in the minutes. Here is the new characteristic:
We were sexually anorexic: in despair about our lack of physical and emotional intimacy with ourselves and others, yet unaware of how much we feared and avoided it.
SCA has a YouTube Channel
Gary S. and his Outreach team built a SCA YouTube Channel in 2024! Check it out to see the great content they’re creating and be sure to subscribe! (https://www.youtube.com/@SCA-Recovery)
Audio Recovery Book in development
Gordon B., our Fiduciary Chair, is working to create an audio version of SCA’s Recovery Book that will be available for purchase on Amazon. We’ll keep you posted.
Executive Board Elections
Gary S. was reelected for a two-year term as Outreach Chair
Randy S. was elected as Director at Large, stepping in for Charles D. who resigned the position earlier this year. Thank you, Charles, for your service!
Tami V. was reelected for another one-year term as Outside Director
I was elected for a two-year term as ISO Chair
Emphasis on our 7th Tradition
We budgeted $4,000 for the 2025 ISO Annual Conference, and I’m happy to report that we came in under budget at $3,053!
ISO’s modest budget supports meetings, our website, literature creation and translation, and outreach to newcomers. As we built our 2026 budget, we reflected on the importance of our 7th tradition — that SCA is self-supporting through the contributions of its members. Your gifts help meetings buy literature, rent meeting space, and sponsor workshops. ISO receives a portion of the contributions you make to your meetings and intergroups. Please consider chipping in when you attend a meeting — your donations are vital in helping us reach the still-suffering addict.
If you’d like to read the Minutes from the Conference, contact the SCAnner editor. A Special thanks to Recording Secretary Maranda T. for her efforts!
An SCA Outreach Weekend
Thanks to the efforts of Gordon B., Gary S., Robert A., and Brian V., SCA has reached out in new ways to hundreds of individuals in the addiction community trying to help those that may be suffering from SCBD (Sexual Compulsive Behavior Disorder).
SCA presented it’s first ever workshop and meeting at the AA Florida Roundup in Ft. Lauderdale. The session focused on the Characteristics – which were somewhat unfamiliar to many of the attendees – and the Tools of Recovery. At the same time across the country in Phoenix, AZ, SCA was a first time exhibitor at the annual IITAP (International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals) Symposium. This event was well attended by the most influential therapists and treatment facilities in this field. Most of those that stopped by our both were not familiar with SCA and this was a great opportunity to enlighten them of all the good work that we do. Those that knew of us, said that they refer many of their clients to our meetings and were happy to see us at this event.
We hope that SCA’s outreach will help grow our program, and in doing so will help our members recovery.
Officially approved a new characteristic on Sexual Anorexia/Avoidance
Last week a new characteristic was approved at the 2025 International Service Organization (ISO) conference. Here is the language of the newly approved characteristic:
We were sexually anorexic: in despair about our lack of physical and emotional intimacy with ourselves and others, yet unaware of how much we feared and avoided it.
The ISO of SCA also unanimously approved a motion to list this new characteristic as #11 in our list of The Characteristics Most of Us Seem to Have in Common. This new characteristic #11 is now incorporated into all the www.sca-recovery.org characteristic readings, including “Newcomers,” “Program and Tools,” and the SCA Literature store, where individual copies of the Four-Fold and For the Newcomer can be downloaded and printed for free. These include the revised Characteristics. As of this morning, both the SCA NY and the SCA LA websites have also included the revised Characteristics.
Serenity By The Sea Oct. 23rd-26th
SCA ISO/NYC will present a “Welcome to SCA” workshop at the Provincetown AA Roundup. The 2024 Roundup, is celebrating its 37th year of recovery, unity, & service for the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans-gender, Queer, Questioning) community and all of their friends. Our workshop will be on Saturday, Oct. 26th at 10:30 am. This well-attended AA event, has also invited other 12-Step Fellowships to present workshops this year.Here is the link to register for the P-town Roundup: https://www.provincetownroundup.org/index.aspx