Sunday, February 16th, 2025
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...
Tag Archives: Connection
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Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
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... -
Friday, January 3rd, 2025Connection 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... -
Monday, December 2nd, 2024We Need a Pack to Recover
There is an undeniable strength in numbers. Human beings are meant to work together, not to go it alone. For evidence, think back to prehistoric times when people lived... -
Monday, November 25th, 2024Going to Therapy Isn’t Enough
Accepting help does not mean you’ve failed; it means you’re no longer in it alone. Typically, healing from sex and porn addiction presents challenges that can’t be dealt with... -
Sunday, October 27th, 2024
Combatting Shame
Shame is an antisocial emotion. Talking about shame is the social solution. As active sex and porn addicts, we spent our days trying very hard to not feel our... -
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024The Importance of Friends in Recovery
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. Managing the aftermath of sex and porn addiction is a difficult task, and we do... -
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024Connection in Recovery
Addiction is a disease of isolation. Novelist Dean Koontz once wrote, “A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit... -
Thursday, February 9th, 2023Addiction is a Disease of Disconnection. The Cure is Connection.
Addiction is a Disease of Disconnection. The Cure is Connection. In this episode of Overcoming Betrayal and Addiction, Dr. Rob and Tami debunk a common lie that addicts often...