Sunday, November 4th, 2018
The Pink Cloud
Let your joy scream across the pain. Some sex addicts experience the opposite of withdrawal in early recovery. This is known as the honeymoon or the pink cloud. These lucky...
Tag Archives: sexual addiction
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2018Love Addiction: It’s Not Just for Women
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. In general, there are more self-identified female love addicts than male love addicts. Nevertheless, males are perfectly... -
Sunday, October 21st, 2018Addiction Creates Chaos
I am amazed at how many of my problems—most of which had nothing to do with my addiction, I thought—have become manageable or simply disappeared since I got sober.... -
Monday, October 8th, 2018Porn Addiction Can Ruin Real-World Sex
What’s the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable. Research shows that approximately 1 in 4 male sex addicts struggles with sexual... -
Sunday, October 7th, 2018Our Motivation for Recovery
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. Even though we nearly always require outside assistance if... -
Thursday, October 4th, 2018Cross and Co-Occurring Addictions
You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it. Sexual addiction/compulsivity is not always a standalone issue. In fact, most of the time it’s not.... -
Sunday, September 9th, 2018Sexual Addiction: The Perfect Storm
Just when the caterpillar thought the world was ending, he turned into a butterfly. Addictions (of all types) are typically caused by a combination of genetic and environmental risk... -
Saturday, September 8th, 2018How Do We Diagnose Sex Addiction?
An intelligent person can rationalize anything. A wise person doesn’t try. Sex addiction is, in most ways, the same as any other addiction. At the very least, it is... -
Saturday, May 12th, 2018
Sex Addiction is Not a Symptom of Bipolar, ADHD, OCD, or Any Other Disorder
Sex addiction is not about sex, it’s about what sex does to your life. Before a sex addiction diagnosis can accurately be made, professionals must first consider any number...