A Smart New Year’s Resolution: Learn to be a Better Friend
Being a good friend can be a serious challenge for all addicts. Drug addicts and alcoholics may have “drug buddies” or “drinking buddies,” and sex addicts have acting out (sexual)…
Blog Month: December 2012
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Compulsive Self-Deprivation: Addiction’s Silent Partner
We think of addicts as supremely self-indulgent, and sex addicts especially so. But every sex addict has an opposite tendency toward self deprivation. In their acting out behavior sex addicts…
A Culture of Violence: Football, Porn and Vicarious Aggression
“The addiction to violence in America is nearly erotic.” That’s a stunning quote from Michael Eric Dyson, a Georgetown University professor and regular TV commentator. It was striking to see…
How Mindfulness Practice is Basic to Recovery
Mindfulness practice is an important part of all addiction recovery but it is even more important in sex addiction recovery. In staying away from drugs and alcohol there are often…
6 Ways Recovering Alcoholics Deny Sex and Intimacy Issues
Many recovering alcoholics and drug addicts have problems with their sexual and relationship life. Even though they have been in 12-step recovery, they may still have problems with intimate relating….
Should You Choose Treatment or Therapy for Sex Addiction?
Many sex addicts try therapy first. Although it may be appropriate for some sexual problems, conventional forms of psychotherapy alone don’t address sexual addiction effectively. It has long been understood that addictions…
Telling Your Story: 5 Ways Writing is Essential to Recovery
Writing is a hugely important tool for those in recovery from chemical dependency, sex addiction and for emotional growth and recovery in general. Writing about yourself is a form of…