Tag Archives: 12-Step Groups

  • The Importance of Twelve-Step Groups
    Tuesday, January 16th, 2024

    The Importance of Twelve-Step Groups

    Recovering sex and porn addicts must attend only two types of 12-Step meetings: the ones they want to go to, and the ones they don’t want to go to....
  • 12-Step Recovery Programs
    Wednesday, April 6th, 2022

    12-Step Recovery Programs

    In this episode of Overcoming Betrayal and Addiction, Dr. Rob and Tami talk about 12-step programs, ambivalent love, and how partners can support addicts through their own roller coaster...
  • Make 12-Step Meetings Non-Negotiable
    Friday, May 17th, 2019

    Make 12-Step Meetings Non-Negotiable

    The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, it’s to schedule your priorities. One recovering sex addict with a demanding job, a spouse, and three kids says...
  • Asking for Help
    Thursday, May 9th, 2019

    Asking for Help

    It’s not the load that breaks you, it’s trying to carry the entire thing all by yourself. When we are triggered toward our addiction, the most effective way to...
  • Asking for Help
    Saturday, April 27th, 2019

    Asking for Help

    Without external support, promises to change – made to self or others – almost inevitably fall by the wayside. If we could change our problematic sexual behaviors on our...
  • The “G” Word
    Monday, April 8th, 2019

    The “G” Word

    The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Some recovering sex addicts, especially those new to recovery, can get turned off by other addicts’ use of the...
  • How Do I Get a 12-Step Sponsor?
    Friday, April 5th, 2019

    How Do I Get a 12-Step Sponsor?

    Asking for guidance is a divine compliment. Sponsors are personal guides to healing and staying sexually sober. You choose a sponsor by listening to various people at meetings until...
  • Working Step Two
    Thursday, February 28th, 2019

    Working Step Two

    Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. Many sex and porn addicts do not want to accept outside assistance as...
  • Supportive Friends in Recovery
    Friday, January 18th, 2019

    Supportive Friends in Recovery

    All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. Managing the aftermath of sex and porn addiction is a difficult task, and we do...