This is the story as it was told to me and as I remember it.  This caveat means this information is highly suspect.

Two people, a man and a woman, brought SAA from Sioux Falls, SD to Omaha sometime in 1985.  This husband and wife were in the process of a divorce and so a men's group and a women's group were the first meetings.  One was held in the lower level of the "Old Market", and the other was held at Lowe Avenue Presbyterian Church.

By 1986, when I attended my first meeting, there was a men's group on Tuesdays and Friday nights, a women's meeting on Thursday night, and a coed book study on Monday night.  A Wednesday night meeting was added in early 1987 and originally was for co-addicts (spouses and significant others of sex addicts).  But it wasn't long before the addicts took it over and it became the first speaker meeting in Omaha.

In early 1987 these four meetings were trying to decide whether to join Sexaholics Anonymous, Sex Addicts Anonymous or Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous.  After many group conscience meetings and very exuberant and boisterous discussions, it was decided by a majority of members to join SLAA because they had a book and pamphlets.  Obviously this choice was not made by philisophical diffences and differing ideology and dogma.  SLAA had a book and pamphlets.  That was good enough for me and a majority of the members attending meetings at that time.

In late Spring 1987 we were meeting in Lowe Avenue Presbyterian Church and Clifton Hills Presbyterian Church.  Pastor Jack, who was a good friend to the "S" fellowships asked us to find other locations due to grumblings in the Presbytery.  Please read Omaha's S Fellowship Clubhouse for the "Rest of the Story."