Tag Archives: 12 step meetings

  • Willpower Alone Is Not Enough
    Saturday, October 6th, 2018

    Willpower Alone Is Not Enough

    Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Sex addicts nearly always require outside assistance to recover. If we could change things on our own,...
  • Women Can Be Sexually Addicted, Too
    Friday, October 5th, 2018

    Women Can Be Sexually Addicted, Too

    Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg once wrote that viewing genders differently “helps to keep women not on a pedestal, but in a cage.” Many people think that sexual...
  • Quiet Participation in Meetings
    Wednesday, May 30th, 2018

    Quiet Participation in Meetings

    You can listen to silence and learn from it. The easiest way for a recovering sex addict to be of service in a 12-step meeting is to speak—sharing his...
  • Finding the Right 12-Step Meetings
    Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018

    Finding the Right 12-Step Meetings

    Decisions are easy when you know what you value. Not every 12-step sexual recovery meeting is the same. Yes, most meetings tend to follow the same basic format, based...
  • Using the Meetings Between the Meetings
    Wednesday, May 9th, 2018

    Using the Meetings Between the Meetings

    The most powerful tool of sobriety is talking to another recovering addict. To establish and maintain long-term sexual sobriety, we need safe spaces in which we can talk openly...
  • Treatment Won’t Cure Me?
    Thursday, April 12th, 2018

    Treatment Won’t Cure Me?

    There is no cure for addiction, be we can put it into remission. Newly recovering sex addicts sometimes wonder why everyone (treatment centers, outpatient therapists, fellow recovering addicts) seems...
  • Going to 12-Step Sexual Recovery Meetings
    Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

    Going to 12-Step Sexual Recovery Meetings

    I build today the road that I travel tomorrow. Living in active addiction is all about living in the problem, while living in recovery is all about living in...
  • Daily Meetings
    Saturday, March 24th, 2018

    Daily Meetings

    Fire cannot be made with dead embers. When new to sex addiction recovery, we often balk at the suggestion that we need to attend 12-step meetings every day. If...
  • Make Meetings Non-Negotiable
    Monday, February 19th, 2018

    Make 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 somehow...