Tag Archives: Connection

  • I Thought I Was the Only One
    Thursday, March 28th, 2024

    I Thought I Was the Only One

    Reaching out to others can be profoundly healing. Sex and porn addiction can harm our sense of reality, interfere with healthy relationships, and force us into social isolation. One...
  • Recovery Requires Other People
    Friday, February 16th, 2024

    Recovery Requires Other People

    Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who will disagree with you. The great UCLA basketball coach and philosopher John Wooden once said, “Failure is not...
  • Connection is the Key to a Happy Recovery
    Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024

    Connection is the Key to a Happy Recovery

    Loneliness is the most terrible poverty. An immense amount of mental and physical health research shows that isolated/separated individuals suffer both emotionally and physically. Conversely, people who place a...
  • Addiction, Technology, Social Connection, and Recovery
    Friday, September 2nd, 2022

    Addiction, Technology, Social Connection, and Recovery

    Addiction, Technology, Social Connection, and Recovery Dr. David Fawcett For many years it was believed that drugs, including alcohol and heroin, were inherently mood-altering, that their very use would...
  • Addiction, Recovery, and the Power of Connection
    Monday, August 22nd, 2022

    Addiction, Recovery, and the Power of Connection

    Dr. David Fawcett In recent years, addiction has been described more and more often as an intimacy disorder. What this means is that addiction is not driven by a...
  • Connecting With Your Higher Power
    Friday, March 5th, 2021

    Connecting With Your Higher Power

    Dr. David Fawcett In last week’s post to this site, I wrote about how you can find a Higher Power that meshes with your values and beliefs – a...