Monday, April 1st, 2019
Treatment 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,...
Tag Archives: sexual recovery
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Monday, March 25th, 2019Sexual 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... -
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... -
Saturday, February 9th, 2019Sexual 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... -
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... -
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... -
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... -
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019Triggers
Our biggest crises can be triggered by the smallest things. Triggers are catalysts that drive our need/desire to act out sexually. Most often, triggers involve some sort of “pain... -
Friday, January 18th, 2019
Supportive Friends in Recovery
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. Managing the aftermath of sex and porn addiction is a difficult task, and we do...