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Wednesday, August 21st, 2019

Practical Self-Care Tips to Help You Defeat Addiction

By Kimberly Hayes Overcoming addiction is one of the hardest things anyone can do. Whether it’s sex, porn, or drug addiction, there’s no magical way of defeating it that...
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Monday, August 19th, 2019

Are You a Male Betrayed Partner? Where Do You Go for Support?

In recent years, clinicians and rehabs specializing in the treatment of sexual addiction have become more and more aware of what it’s like to be the betrayed partner of...
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Wednesday, August 14th, 2019

Step 4 for Non-Addicts: Understanding Our Shame Voices with Step Four

By Kristin Snowden MA, LMFT In previous posts to this site, I have explored how Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3 of the 12 Steps of recovery can help...
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Monday, August 12th, 2019

Should You Tell Your Kids About Your Sex/Porn Addiction? If So, How?

Talking to our kids about our adult-life problems is never easy, and many of us opt to simply not do it. This is especially likely when our adult-life problems...
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Wednesday, August 7th, 2019

Why Is Intimate Emotional Connection Such a Struggle for Addicts?

By Scott Brassart As a boy, my family taught me certain dysfunctional lessons. One of these lessons was that I was not allowed to express (or even have) thoughts...
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Monday, August 5th, 2019

Wounded Healers: Feeding the Recovery Wolf

By Tim Stein Meditation from Gifts of Recovery. “A Cherokee elder was teaching his grandchildren about life. He said to them, ‘A fight is going on inside me… it is...
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Wednesday, July 31st, 2019

Step 3 For Non-Addicts, Part Two: Surrender

By Kristin Snowden MA, LMFT Step 3 of the 12 Steps reads as follows: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of...
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Monday, July 29th, 2019

What It’s Like to Be the Spouse/Partner of a Sex/Porn Addict?

Spouses and partners of sex/porn addicts (and addicts in general) can’t help but be impacted by what goes on around them. Recognizing this, the impact of sex and porn...
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Wednesday, July 24th, 2019

Approval-Seeking Behavior

By David Fawcett PhD, LCSW Many addicts manifest what mental health professionals call approval-seeking behavior. This typically is rooted in a lack of self-esteem and can be exacerbated by...
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