Tag Archives: Recovery

  • Honesty in 12-Step Meetings
    Monday, March 17th, 2025

    Honesty in 12-Step Meetings

    You can’t save your face and your ass at the same time. Many recovering sex and porn addicts worry that if they go to a 12-step meeting and tell...
  • Getting Out of a Rut
    Sunday, March 16th, 2025

    Getting Out of a Rut

    When life gets harder, challenge yourself to be stronger. Being stuck in a rut, whether that rut is addiction or some other aspect of life, is an indication that...
  • Isn’t Treatment Enough?
    Thursday, March 6th, 2025

    Isn’t Treatment Enough?

    You can shake the monkey off your back, but the circus never quite leaves town. A lot of times recovering sex and porn addicts think: Gee, I’ve been through...
  • Is Sexual Recovery Worth It?
    Sunday, January 12th, 2025

    Is Sexual Recovery Worth It?

    Scars represent not injury, but healing. Scars are what make us whole again. Healing from sex and porn addiction brings self-knowledge, integrity, and a desire to become vulnerable (to...
  • Adopting an Attitude of Gratitude
    Friday, January 10th, 2025

    Adopting an Attitude of Gratitude

    Grateful people are happy people. Greek philosopher Epicurus once said, “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was...
  • Stocking Your Toolbox
    Thursday, January 2nd, 2025

    Stocking Your Toolbox

    Addicts must shape the tools of their recovery. Thereafter, the tools will shape them. As recovering sex and porn addicts, we know that triggers toward acting out in our...
  • Our Motivation for Recovery
    Friday, December 6th, 2024

    Our Motivation for Recovery

    When everything seems to be going against you, remember that airplanes take off against the wind, not with it. Even though we nearly always require outside assistance if we...
  • Stopping the Addictive Cycle
    Thursday, December 5th, 2024

    Stopping 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:...