Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
Spirituality: The Unexpected Gift of Recovery
First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn’t work. As one long-sober sex addict recounts: “When I came into sexual recovery, all I wanted was to...
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Friday, April 12th, 2019Creating 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...Read More
Monday, April 1st, 2019Treatment for the Two Categories of Porn Addicts
In a post last week, we discussed the fact that over the last several years therapists have begun to see not one but two categories of porn addicts. First,...Read More- Monday, March 25th, 2019
Sexual Sobriety vs. Sexual Abstinence
I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. Sex addicts in the early stages of recovery and healing...Read More 
Tuesday, March 19th, 2019Can an Atheist Still Recover?
There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. One long-recovering sex addicts says, “As a devout atheist, I got hung up on Step Three. My...Read More- Saturday, February 9th, 2019
Sexual Boundary Plans Need to Be Clear
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...Read More 
Thursday, February 7th, 2019The Rollercoaster of Sexual Recovery
The process of healing from addiction is both scary and exciting – filled with ups and downs. Many recovering sex and porn addicts find that in the early days...Read More
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019Sex/Porn Addiction Treatment is Not an Attempt to “Enforce Morality”
Your opinions are your windows to the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won’t come in. In some quarters, there is a fear...Read More
Saturday, February 2nd, 2019Masturbation in Sexual Recovery
Some (but not all) sex and porn addicts have a pathological relationship with masturbation. When constructing a sexual boundary plan, one potentially problematic gray area is masturbation. For addicts...Read More