Thursday, July 18th, 2019
Step Seven and Humility
Let us not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness. Humility is often conflated with humiliation, but they are not the same. Humiliation does...
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2019Sex Addiction is Not About the Sex
We all have pain. And we all look for ways to make the pain go away. Most non-sex addicts think that having sex is the ultimate goal of sexual...Read More -
Tuesday, July 16th, 2019Setting Clear and Concise Sexual Boundaries
If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. In sexual recovery, we create clear and concise sexual sobriety plans to define what sexual...Read More -
Monday, July 15th, 2019Know Your Goals
What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. If you don’t know where you want to go, you’ll...Read More -
Sunday, July 14th, 2019Understanding Covert Incest
An important difference between overt and covert incest is that while the overt victim feels abused, the covert victim feels idealized and privileged. Yet underneath the thin mask of...Read More -
Saturday, July 13th, 2019Setting Healthy Boundaries
You get what you tolerate. As part of recovery, we must set healthy boundaries with anyone who was part of our active addiction. Unfortunately, we often think that setting...Read More -
Friday, July 12th, 2019Becoming Vulnerable
Real people experience both pain and joy. That’s how they know they’re real. Vulnerable people are authentic people. Rather than pretending to be someone they are not, they are...Read More -
Thursday, July 11th, 2019Step Seven: Progress Not Perfection
Perfection has one grave defect; it is apt to be dull. Many long-recovering addicts say their Higher Power can and does remove their character defects when asked. The problem...Read More -
Wednesday, July 10th, 2019The Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Step
Aim for the sky but move slowly, enjoying every step along the way. As anyone in recovery knows, the big wins – the massive moments of success – don’t...Read More