Tag Archives: addiction

  • What Are the Triggers of a Midlife Addiction?
    Thursday, November 23rd, 2023

    What Are the Triggers of a Midlife Addiction?

    What Are the Triggers of a Midlife Addiction? In this episode of Overcoming Betrayal and Addiction, Dr. Rob and Tami discuss why someone would “suddenly” become an addict in...
  • Triggers
    Monday, November 20th, 2023

    Triggers

    If we can learn to identify our triggers and stop them in their tracks—before they induce craving—then we have a much better chance to stay sober. Unfortunately, triggers are...
  • Compulsion or Addiction?
    Saturday, November 18th, 2023

    Compulsion 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...
  • The Stuckness of Addiction
    Saturday, November 11th, 2023

    The Stuckness of Addiction

    Before you can break out of prison, you must realize you are locked up. Addictions are not about pleasure. Instead, they’re about the secondary gain of escape. Non-addicts drink,...
  • Using Recovery Literature
    Monday, November 6th, 2023

    Using Recovery Literature

    We read to know we’re not alone. Reading literature about sex and porn addiction is like having a portable program. Books and pamphlets written to help us in our...
  • Do Sex and Porn Addicts Experience Withdrawal?
    Thursday, November 2nd, 2023

    Do Sex and Porn Addicts Experience Withdrawal?

    When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. It is common knowledge that alcoholics and drug addicts, when they suddenly go ‘cold turkey,’ sometimes experience withdrawal—delirium tremens,...
  • I’m Sober But I Get Turned On By My Own Body
    Thursday, October 19th, 2023

    I’m Sober But I Get Turned On By My Own Body

    I’m Sober But I Get Turned On By My Own Body In this episode of Overcoming Betrayal and Addiction, Dr. Rob and Tami discuss whether a listener is truly...
  • Addiction is a Lonely Business
    Thursday, October 5th, 2023

    Addiction is a Lonely Business

    Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you. As active addicts, we tend to choose addictive substances and behaviors rather than other people as a...