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Friday, September 20th, 2019Sexual Orientation: Not a Factor in Sex and Porn Addiction Diagnoses
If Harry Potter taught us anything, it’s that no one should live in a closet. Sexual addiction/compulsivity has nothing whatsoever to do with who or what it is that...Read More -
Thursday, September 19th, 2019Exercise as a Tool of Sobriety
Movement is the song of the body. Exercise nurtures not just the body but the brain and soul. And that really shouldn’t surprise us. Just watch a group of...Read More -
Wednesday, September 18th, 2019Sex and Porn Addiction and Secrecy
If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself. As active sex and porn addicts, we organized our entire lives around sexual fantasy and...Read More -
Tuesday, September 17th, 2019Step Nine: Scary but Necessary
It is the highest form of self-respect to admit our errors and make amends for them. Step 9 says that as part of our recovery we should make direct...Read More -
Monday, September 16th, 2019Love Addiction: It’s Not About Love
Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. The irony of love addiction is that love addicts are not actually seeking love....Read More -
Sunday, September 15th, 2019Becoming Vulnerable
To grow up is to accept vulnerability. Happiness expert Brené Brown once wrote, “Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as dangerous as giving up on love and...Read More -
Saturday, September 14th, 2019How Do We Define Our Relationship Boundaries?
We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same outweighs the pain of changing. In his book Out of the Doghouse, Dr. Robert Weiss defines cheating as...Read More -
Friday, September 13th, 2019HALT: A Tool for Sobriety
If you don’t have self-awareness, then no matter how smart you are, you aren’t going to get very far. HALT is an acronym for Hungry, Angry (or Anxious), Lonely,...Read More