Tag Archives: Triggers

  • Triggers
    Monday, September 21st, 2020

    Triggers

    Feelings load the gun; addiction pulls the trigger. Almost anything can be a trigger for sex and porn addiction. Even memories of past traumas can be present-day triggers. For...
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  • Triggers
    Friday, March 20th, 2020

    Triggers

    Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days. Almost anything, items both internal and external, can be a trigger for sex and porn addiction. Internal...
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  • Triggers
    Monday, January 20th, 2020

    Triggers

    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...
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  • Stocking Your Toolbox
    Thursday, January 2nd, 2020

    Stocking Your Toolbox

    Addicts must shape the tools of their recovery. Thereafter, the tools will shape them. As recovering sex and porn addicts, we know that triggers toward acting out in our...
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  • Triggers
    Wednesday, November 20th, 2019

    Triggers

    If we can learn to identify our triggers and stop them in their tracks – before they induce craving – then we have a much better chance to stay...
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  • Triggers
    Saturday, September 21st, 2019

    Triggers

    Feelings load the gun; addiction pulls the trigger. Almost anything can be a trigger for sex and porn addiction. Even memories of past traumas can be present-day triggers. For...
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  • Triggers
    Saturday, July 20th, 2019

    Triggers

    Addiction is not rational. It is culture, habit, and craving. Triggers are the thoughts and feelings that induce the strong desire – the craving – to engage in an...
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  • Managing Addiction Triggers and Cravings
    Thursday, May 23rd, 2019

    Managing Addiction Triggers and Cravings

    David Fawcett PhD, LCSW Recovery from any addiction requires close management of triggers and cravings which, unless properly managed, can quickly spell disaster for recovery. A trigger is the...
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  • The Power of Sexual Fantasy
    Sunday, April 21st, 2019

    The Power of Sexual Fantasy

    Lost for now is not the same thing as lost forever. We can find our way back. As sex and porn addicts, our primary coping mechanism for any and...
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