Sunday, June 27th, 2021
Shame as an Underlying Issue
Shame is like quicksand. It sucks us in and tries to kill us. Nearly all sex and porn addicts are shame-based to one degree or another. As such, we...
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Tag Archives: shame
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Thursday, May 27th, 2021The Price of Shame
Left unchecked, shame will eat your soul. Research shows that shame—the inherent belief that one is defective and unworthy of love—neither encourages nor motivates positive change. Instead, it corrodes...Read More -
Saturday, May 15th, 2021Working Step 5
Lies and secrets are cancer to the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only carnage behind. Plenty of recovering sex and porn addicts tell themselves that...Read More -
Monday, May 3rd, 202160 Positive Affirmations for Recovering Addicts
In last week’s post we discussed the difference between guilt and shame, noting that guilt is a positive force in terms of changing behavior, while shame is quite the...Read More -
Monday, May 3rd, 2021The Pain That Drives Our Disorder
It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where we stumble, there lies our treasure. Addictions form primarily because early-life traumas have...Read More -
Tuesday, April 27th, 2021Combatting Shame
When we share our story, shame cannot survive. Overcoming the deeply rooted shame that drives sex and porn addiction is a process of learning to recognize shame and its...Read More -
Monday, April 26th, 2021Guilt, Shame, and Your Distorted Sense of Self
Guilt and shame are not the same thing. Guilt is a healthy and necessary sense that you have violated your moral code, values, and standards, or that you have...Read More -
Saturday, March 27th, 2021The Hole in the Soul
Addictions are an attempt to externally fill an internal void. Sex and porn addicts share certain characteristics. One of these common traits is that even when we got the...Read More -
Friday, March 5th, 2021
For Partners of Addicts: Reducing Shame/Building Resiliency, Practical Tools for Recovery
This is a co-ed group for partners of addicts. If you have or are working on recovery, join the Reducing Shame/Building Resiliency, Practical Tools for Recovery Drop-In Support Group...Read More