Tag Archives: Sexual Boundary Plans

  • Masturbation in Sexual Recovery
    Tuesday, February 21st, 2023

    Masturbation in Sexual Recovery

    Some (but not all) sex and porn addicts have a pathological relationship with masturbation. When constructing a sexual sobriety plan, sometimes referred to as a circle or boundary plan,...
  • Masturbation as a Healthy Behavior?
    Wednesday, November 30th, 2022

    Masturbation as a Healthy Behavior?

    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...
  • Sexual Sobriety Plans: The Need for Honesty
    Saturday, August 10th, 2019

    Sexual Sobriety Plans: The Need for Honesty

    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...
  • Carry Your Boundary/Circle Plan With You
    Sunday, June 30th, 2019

    Carry Your Boundary/Circle Plan With You

    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...
  • Sexual Boundary Plans: The Need for Honesty
    Sunday, June 9th, 2019

    Sexual Boundary Plans: The Need for Honesty

    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...
  • Creating a Sexual Sobriety Plan
    Friday, April 12th, 2019

    Creating a Sexual Sobriety Plan

    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...
  • Your Sexual Boundary Plan: The Process of Revision
    Tuesday, March 26th, 2019

    Your Sexual Boundary Plan: The Process of Revision

    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...
  • Understanding Sexual Sobriety
    Sunday, March 17th, 2019

    Understanding Sexual Sobriety

    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...