• Connection is the Key to a Happy Recovery
    Friday, January 3rd, 2025

    Connection is the Key to a Happy Recovery

    Loneliness is the most terrible poverty. An immense amount of mental and physical health research shows that isolated/separated individuals suffer both emotionally and physically. Conversely, people who place a...
  • Stocking Your Toolbox
    Thursday, January 2nd, 2025

    Stocking Your Toolbox

    Addicts must shape the tools of their recovery. Thereafter, the tools will shape them. As recovering sex and porn addicts, we know that triggers toward acting out in our...
  • The Need to Work Step One
    Wednesday, January 1st, 2025

    The Need to Work Step One

    The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. In 12-Step sexual recovery meetings, we often hear discussion about ‘hitting bottom’ and the resultant ‘moment of clarity’...
  • Does Your Life Have Purpose?
    Tuesday, December 31st, 2024

    Does Your Life Have Purpose?

    Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. We all have something we’re good at that we love to do. If we’re lucky (and smart), we turn...
  • The Gifts of Recovery
    Monday, December 30th, 2024

    The Gifts of Recovery

    The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now. As we heal from sex and porn addiction, honesty, integrity, self-knowledge, and a...
  • Step 12: Living the Principles
    Saturday, December 28th, 2024

    Step 12: Living the Principles

    With integrity, you do the right thing, so you have no guilt or shame about your actions. The work of Step 12 can be broken down into two parts:...
  • Combatting Shame
    Friday, December 27th, 2024

    Combatting Shame

    With sex and porn addiction, shame is the master emotion. A considerable amount of research makes it clear that not talking about feelings of shame is usually more damaging...