Sunday, January 12th, 2025
Is Sexual Recovery Worth It?
Scars represent not injury, but healing. Scars are what make us whole again. Healing from sex and porn addiction brings self-knowledge, integrity, and a desire to become vulnerable (to...
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Saturday, January 11th, 2025Approaching Life Differently
If nothing changes, nothing changes. When the road gets difficult, we can embrace the challenge and think about it as a chance to make ourselves and the world a... -
Friday, January 10th, 2025Adopting an Attitude of Gratitude
Grateful people are happy people. Greek philosopher Epicurus once said, “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was... -
Thursday, January 9th, 2025Sex and Porn Addiction Are Not Fun
Lots of people joke about sex addiction, saying “Where do I sign up?” Those people don’t understand what it’s like to be a sex addict. Many people view sex... -
Wednesday, January 8th, 2025Working Step One: The Powerlessness Inventory
Step 1 reinforces our ‘moment of clarity,’ cementing our desire for recovery. Being powerless means we have lost control over our sexual behaviors. We engage in these behaviors compulsively,... -
Tuesday, January 7th, 2025Can a Behavior Be an Addiction?
Whether you sniff it, smoke it, eat it, or shove it up your ass the result is the same: addiction. Sex and porn addiction are, in most ways, the... -
Monday, January 6th, 2025What is Denial?
As addicts, we tell huge and powerful lies – most of all to ourselves. Active sex and porn addicts routinely ignore warning signs of problematic behavior – ruined relationships,... -
Sunday, January 5th, 2025What is ‘Sexual Sobriety’?
The ultimate goal of sexual recovery is learning to be sexual in healthy, life-affirming ways. People not familiar with sex and porn addiction often think that sexual sobriety, like... -
Saturday, January 4th, 2025Just Another Way to Numb Out
Sex and porn addiction are not about feeling good, they’re about feeling less. Sex and porn addicts use sexual fantasy and behavior to ‘numb out’ and escape from stress...