Coping with Sexual Addiction Urges
No one has to tell you what a sexual addiction urge is. If you have a sexual addiction, you probably experience it all too frequently. But it may be helpful to know that an urge (or craving) is a state...
View ArticleAddicts’ Best Advice: Developing Sobriety and Healthy Sexuality
1. Pick an extended period of celibacy. The top priority for most addicts is to experience a period of celibacy. Celibacy helps the person clear out unmanageability, to feel more alive again, and to...
View ArticleWhat is a Sexual Boundary Plan?
Oftentimes sex addicts entering recovery fear that sexual sobriety requires total sexual abstinence in the same way that recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction requires total abstinence from...
View ArticleHelpful Hints about Using Your Sexual Boundary Plan
Unlike recovery from substance abuse, sexual sobriety does not entail ongoing abstinence. Instead, recovering sex addicts – working in conjunction with a knowledgeable sex addiction therapist or a...
View ArticleBasic Tools for Sexual Recovery
There are many tools useful to recovering sex addicts. Three of the most basic and commonly used tools are “HALT,” the “Three Second Rule,” and “Bookending.” HALT HALT is an acronym for “Hungry, Angry,...
View ArticleThe Value of (Temporary) Sexual Abstinence
Sexual sobriety, unlike sobriety from drugs and/or alcohol, does not require total, ongoing abstinence. Instead, sexual recovery addresses sobriety in much the same way it is handled in the treatment...
View ArticleWebcam Porn Sex Addiction: Getting Out of the Internet Rut
Jared was only 10 the first time someone showed him pornography on the Internet, and while this may seem young, it was only one year before the average age most children in the US see porn for the...
View ArticleHoliday Survival Tips for Sex Addicts
Whatever holidays you celebrate, the season running from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day can be emotionally and psychologically difficult, especially for people addicted to sex, who typically don’t...
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