Sunday, March 10th, 2019
Entitlement
If we feel entitled to something, we’ll step all over someone else to get it. As sex addicts, we often feel entitled to act out. We convince ourselves that...
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Monday, March 4th, 2019Sex/Porn Addiction and Internalized Homophobia
For most sex and porn addicts, negative core cognitions are an integral component of the addictive process, helping to support a shame-based sense of self. For gay, lesbian, and...Read More
Sunday, February 10th, 2019Sex vs. Food
Sex and eating are healthful behaviors – until they become an obsession and spiral out of control. Sex addiction and eating disorders are similar in many ways. For starters,...Read More
Sunday, February 3rd, 2019Risk Factors for Addiction
Addictions of all types form and manifest in the same basic ways. The risk factors for substance and behavioral addictions (such as sex and porn addiction) are the same:...Read More
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019Just 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 –...Read More
Saturday, December 22nd, 2018Why Do So Many Sex Addicts Have Cross and Co-Occurring Addictions?
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it. Sex addicts aren’t the only addicts prone to cross and co-occurring addictions. The simple fact...Read More- Monday, December 10th, 2018
Being Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Does Not Make You a Sex Addict
Sex addiction is unrelated to who or what it is that turns a person on. There is a widely held perception that people with non-traditional (i.e., non-heterosexual) sexual orientations...Read More 
Friday, November 23rd, 2018The Price of Shame
Left unchecked, shame will eat your soul. Research shows that shame—the inherent belief that one is defective and unworthy of love—neither encourages nor motivates positive change. Instead, it corrodes...Read More- Friday, November 16th, 2018
Stop Listening to the Noise in Your Head
Shame loses its power when shared with another loving person. Sex addicts can almost universally identify when other addicts talk about the “shitty committee” that holds uninvited discussions in...Read More