Congratulations! If you have committed to attending 12 Step meetings, you have decided that you want a life in recovery. Using the 12 Steps is an excellent way regain control of your life. But it’s not enough. While being close to a group that shares your problems can be a rewarding experience,
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Jeff Schultz has authored a guest post for Rob Weiss on Psych Central called " “Porn Addiction and Sex Addiction - What’s the Difference?”
A little more about the article below....
Few people really understand how the Internet has supercharged the power of
pornography and made it a far
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Why did you Become a Sex Addict?
How did this happen? You've made good decisions in so many areas of your life, but with sex.
What went wrong?
Why you?
You want to understand. You need to understand.
Needing to know "why" is a flailing grasp for control.
Needing to know "why" is not surrender
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Discovery is a little like being crushed by a huge ocean wave. Early Sex addiction recovery is like a that wave pummels you for what seems like forever.
Instinct takes over and you fight to catch a breath. It's a fight you can't win, so you surrender yourself to the fate of the angry sea.
And t
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Playing Alone Was Soothing
I remember my basement.
The hard concrete floor, the thin carpet and the bright fluorescent lights. There were plastic models, puzzles, colored markers, and heaps of Legos. Even a little record player.
My basement was a sanctuary.
No one yelled. No one was mean or crit
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