Monday, January 4th, 2021
Just Another Way to Numb Out
Sex and porn addiction are not about feeling good, they’re about feeling less. Sex and porn addicts use sexual fantasy and behavior to ‘numb out’ and escape from stress...
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Tag Archives: addiction
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Sunday, December 27th, 2020Combatting 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...Read More -
Friday, December 18th, 2020The Brain’s Reward Circuitry
Dr. David Fawcett Addictive processes involve several regions of the brain, but most are focused on a set of structures deep in the midbrain called the reward circuitry (also...Read More -
Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
The Trauma That Typically Underlies Addiction
It is impossible to understand addiction without asking what relief the addict finds, or hopes to find, in the drug or the addictive behavior. As addicts, we use addictive...Read More -
Wednesday, December 9th, 2020Stop 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...Read More -
Sunday, December 6th, 2020Our 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...Read More -
Friday, November 27th, 2020What Causes Addiction: Part 1, Nature
David Fawcett PhD Every addict I’ve ever worked with, without fail, wants to know why he or she is addicted. Often, these individuals, early on, are more focused on...Read More -
Wednesday, November 18th, 2020Compulsion or Addiction?
The anticipation of pleasure drives sex and porn addiction. Pleasure is the ‘carrot on a stick’ that keeps us trudging forward. Sometimes it seems like absolutely anything, be it...Read More
