Sunday, February 19th, 2023
The Addictive Power of Ritualization
You can never really run away. The only true way out is in. Ritualization is the part of the addictive cycle where our sexual fantasies move toward reality. This...
Tag Archives: Cycle of Addiction
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2023The Power of Sexual Fantasy
Lost for now is not the same thing as lost forever. We can find our way back. As sex and porn addicts, our primary coping mechanism for any and... -
Monday, December 5th, 2022Stopping the Addictive Cycle
Addiction: When you can stop, you don’t want to, and when you want to stop, you can’t. There are six stages in the cycle of sex and porn addiction:... -
Wednesday, September 21st, 2022
Triggers
Feelings load the gun; addiction pulls the trigger. Almost anything can be a trigger for sex and porn addiction. Even memories of past traumas can be present-day triggers. For... -
Thursday, August 11th, 2022
Addiction Destroys Daily Life
The cycle of addiction is a downward spiral. It’s like flushing our lives down the toilet. Sex and porn addicts share certain characteristics. One of these common traits is... -
Monday, October 4th, 2021Examining the Cycle of Problematic Porn Use
Robert Weiss PhD, LCSW, CSAT All addictive/compulsive behaviors become cyclical in nature, with no clear beginning or end to the cycle and one stage leading to the next (and... -
Monday, February 15th, 2021
Understanding the Spin Cycle of Addiction
Scott Brassart Most people think of addiction in the “active” stage of the cycle, where the individual is actually drinking, using, or engaging in an addictive behavior (such as... -
Tuesday, October 29th, 2019The Cycle of Sexual Addiction
It is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought. All addictions are cyclical in nature, with no clear beginning... -
Wednesday, August 28th, 2019
The Spin Cycle of Addiction
Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking of what we want to become. Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking about who we don’t ever want to be again. All addictions...