Actions don''t make S.L.A.A.-feelings do. Marcella shares her experiences from childhood that helped to shape her into a sex and love addict-from acting out with other kids by manipulation and feeling shame and guilt about her compulsive masturbation. She describes how she couldn't handle break-ups and smothered and clung to relationships as a means to feel whole. Her tools for success have been the Five S's of recovery, which enables her to have healthy relationships and friendships with men and women.