• Step 12: Carrying the Message
    Wednesday, December 11th, 2024

    Step 12: Carrying the Message

    Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach. The work of Step 12 can be broken down into two parts: helping others to recover from addiction, and practicing the...
  • Tolerance and Escalation
    Tuesday, December 10th, 2024

    Tolerance and Escalation

    We can’t discover new lands without losing sight of the shore. If you’re struggling to understand how sex and porn addiction escalate, consider heroin addiction as an analogy. Nobody...
  • Stop Listening to the Noise in Your Head
    Monday, December 9th, 2024

    Stop Listening to the Noise in Your Head

    Shame loses its power when shared with another loving person. As sex and porn addicts, we can almost universally identify when other addicts talk about the ‘shitty committee’ that...
  • Holiday Survival: Daily Check-Ins
    Sunday, December 8th, 2024

    Holiday Survival: Daily Check-Ins

    Holidays are about spending time with loved ones and tuning into feelings of connection. Even for people who don’t get stressed out by the holidays, a daily check-in can...
  • Mixing Cocaine or Meth with Sex and Porn
    Saturday, December 7th, 2024

    Mixing Cocaine or Meth with Sex and Porn

    Those who live with the greatest intensity often take the least interest in life. Cocaine and methamphetamine, no matter how they are ingested, rapidly alter brain chemistry, inducing feelings...
  • Our Motivation for Recovery
    Friday, December 6th, 2024

    Our Motivation for Recovery

    When everything seems to be going against you, remember that airplanes take off against the wind, not with it. Even though we nearly always require outside assistance if we...
  • Stopping the Addictive Cycle
    Thursday, December 5th, 2024

    Stopping the Addictive Cycle

    Addiction: When you can stop, you don’t want to, and when you want to stop, you can’t. There are six stages in the cycle of sex and porn addiction:...
  • Step 12: Assess for the Spiritual Awakening
    Wednesday, December 4th, 2024

    Step 12: Assess for the Spiritual Awakening

    By doubting, we come to the question. By seeking, we come to the truth. Step 12 says, “Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we...