For some sex and porn addicts, masturbation is the only sex they ever have with a person they care about. Comedienne Lily Tomlin famously said, “We have reason to...
Sometimes, it takes incredible strength and courage to admit the truth. Creating an effective sexual sobriety plan, sometimes referred to as a circle or boundary plan, requires brutal honesty...
The path of recovery has many twists. It is wise to carry a map. Sexual boundary/circle plans are created for three primary reasons: (1) to help us understand the...
For sex addicts, it takes incredible strength and courage to admit the truth. Creating an effective sexual boundary plan requires brutal honesty on the part of not just the...
Sexual boundary plans, once formulated, are not set in stone. Most recovering sex addicts spend a few months or a few years with a specific set of guidelines for...
When things go wrong, don’t go with them. Many sex addicts new to the healing process openly wonder: “If sexual sobriety doesn’t require lasting sexual abstinence, what does it...
Recovering sex addicts must be willing to change with the times. With each new form of technology (especially digital technology), the sexual and romantic landscape changes. As recovering sex...
In recovery, the road narrows, but the horizon widens. In sexual recovery, the definition of and boundaries for sexual sobriety are determined based on each addict’s unique history and...
When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles. Sexual boundary plans are created to define sexual sobriety and to provide recovering...
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