Author Archives: Scott Brassart

  • Addiction is a Lonely Business
    Saturday, October 5th, 2024

    Addiction is a Lonely Business

    Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. As active addicts, we tend to choose addictive substances and behaviors rather than other people as a...
  • Step 10: Ongoing Maintenance
    Friday, October 4th, 2024

    Step 10: Ongoing Maintenance

    When you are at your lowest, look to your highest. With Step 10, we continue to take personal inventory, and when we are wrong, we promptly admit it. Unlike...
  • Addiction and Compartmentalization
    Thursday, October 3rd, 2024

    Addiction and Compartmentalization

    Danger lurks when we try to divide ourselves with phrases such as ‘my private life.’ Sex and porn addicts share certain characteristics. One of the common traits is that...
  • It’s OK to Say No
    Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

    It’s OK to Say No

    No is a complete sentence, and it does not require an explanation. For some of us, the hardest word to pronounce in the entire English language is no. We...
  • Quiet Participation in Meetings
    Tuesday, October 1st, 2024

    Quiet Participation in Meetings

    You can listen to silence and learn from it. The easiest way for a recovering sex or porn addict to be of service in a 12-step meeting is to...
  • Porn Addiction: The Treatment Process
    Tuesday, October 1st, 2024

    Porn Addiction: The Treatment Process

    Porn Addiction: The Treatment Process Erin Snow It is not unusual for porn addicts starting treatment to expect that much of their work in therapy will focus on the...
  • Liar, Liar
    Monday, September 30th, 2024

    Liar, Liar

    I could conceive death, but I could not conceive betrayal. For many active sex and porn addicts, the immediate and best solution to a loss of relationship trust is...