Tag Archives: Emotions

  • The Gratitude List
    Friday, April 10th, 2020

    The Gratitude List

    If the only prayer you say is “thank you,” that is enough. As sex and porn addicts, we may have used our sexual fantasies and behaviors to numb out...
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  • Sexualizing Our Feelings
    Monday, January 27th, 2020

    Sexualizing Our Feelings

    By Scott Brassart Sexualization occurs when we assign a sexual character or quality to someone or something other than ourselves. Usually, it’s another person that we’re sexualizing. Instead of...
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  • The Rollercoaster of Sexual Recovery
    Tuesday, November 5th, 2019

    The Rollercoaster of Sexual Recovery

    The process of healing from sexual addiction is both scary and exciting – filled with ups and downs. Many recovering sex and porn addicts find that in the early...
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  • Sex: Just Another Way to Numb Out
    Saturday, September 22nd, 2018

    Sex: Just Another Way to Numb Out

    Sex addiction is not about feeling good, it’s about feeling less. Sex addicts use sex to “numb out” and escape from stress and emotional (and sometimes physical) discomfort –...
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  • Creating Space for Your Feelings
    Wednesday, September 5th, 2018

    Creating Space for Your Feelings

    Identifying and expressing our feelings in healthy ways can help you avoid unhealthy coping behaviors. We live in a culture that does not always approve of big feelings, especially...
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  • The Onslaught of Feelings
    Saturday, June 30th, 2018

    The Onslaught of Feelings

    Sexual sobriety requires courage—courage to face the world without the emotional shield of sexual addiction. As sex addicts, we engage in our addiction not to have a good time,...
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