Sunday, April 30th, 2023
What is a Sponsor?
Sponsors light the torches that lead others through the dark. Sponsors are personal guides to healing and staying sexually sober, usually not friends to begin with and never lovers....
Tag Archives: 12-Step Recovery
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Friday, February 17th, 2023How Do I Get a 12-Step Sponsor?
Asking for guidance is a divine compliment. In 12-step recovery programs, sponsors are personal guides to healing and staying sober. You choose a sponsor by listening to various people... -
Tuesday, January 24th, 2023
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... -
Monday, January 16th, 2023The 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.... -
Thursday, December 29th, 2022Demystify the 12 Steps by Talking to Other Recovering Addicts
Addiction thrives in isolation. Recovery thrives in company. There are as many ways to work the 12 steps as there are recovering addicts. How we choose to work the... -
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
Using Your Sponsor
A sponsor is someone who knows all about you and still wants to help you. Sponsors provide guidance and much-needed support to recovering sex and porn addicts as they... -
Wednesday, October 19th, 2022
Treatment Won’t Cure Me?
There is no cure for addiction, but it can be put into remission. Newly recovering sex and porn addicts sometimes wonder why everyone (rehabs, therapists, fellow recovering addicts) seems... -
Sunday, October 16th, 2022Why Do We Need 12-Step Sexual Recovery Meetings?
The last thing I say on most phone calls is not goodbye but thank you. To maintain long-term sex and porn addiction recovery, we need places where we can... -
Sunday, October 9th, 2022The ‘God’ Issue in 12-Step Recovery
Belief in a specific religion is not a requirement for sobriety. Many sex and porn addicts new to 12-step recovery (and even some who’ve been around for awhile) struggle...