Share Your Story
Hits: 0Sharing our stories is good therapy. Women do this well; we laugh, we cry, we talk, pace, gesture and pull our hair out. We…
Tag: spouses of Sex Addicts
Discovery
Hits: 1034Our path to recovery starts with discovery. The ways that each of us find out about our spouse’s Sexual Addiction are as varied as…
Confronting The Sex Addict
Whether you have just discovered your spouse or partner's clandestine sexual behaviors, or you are painfully discovering new or repeated evidence, you…
Depression and Sex Addiction
Hits: 1175As we know, there is no ‘magic pill’ for Sex Addiction, but there may be some hope for the large percentage of addicts who…
Setting Boundaries
Hits: 1981An important part of staying in a relationship with a Sex Addict is setting boundaries. These boundaries let the Sex Addict know that they…
Book Update And Other Things
Hits: 60If you read the quote below you will understand when I say that writing my book, Married To A Sex Addict, has taken over…
How Did You Find Out?
Hits: 193The book is coming along nicely and yesterday I was working on a section about Discovery–how and when we find out that our spouse…
The Triple Whammy High Of Sex Addiction
Hits: 1210One of the most difficult aspects to understand about Sex Addiction is why the addict will risk their marriages, careers, family, children, financial security,…
What Do You Need?
Hits: 99What do you need right now from your Sex Addict partner or spouse? For me, the most important piece in our recovery was honest…
Disclosures
Hits: 743Finding out that your spouse or partner has a Sex Addiction is both devastating and life changing, but what follows that discovery is often…
I Have A Dream
Hits: 551Just imagine…A group meeting where kindred souls come together; a place of sharing and empowerment, discussions and suggestions; each strengthening and supporting without dogma,…
Grieving Your Losses Part 1
Hits: 153When you find out that your spouse or partner is a Sex Addict a piece of you dies. You lose your sense of reality…
Sex Addiction–Fact or Fiction?
Hits: 101Is there really such a thing as Sexual Addiction? Is Sex Addiction an uncontrollable, inbred, genetic disorder that cannot be reversed or cured? Is…
Media Coverage Of Sex Addiction Can Help Alleviate Shame
Hits: 95Wow! You can’t get more mainstream than the Wall Street Journal! In my research I ran across this article and was impressed by it’s…
Addiction Recovery
Hits: 1874Probably the most controversial issue surrounding addictions of all types is recovery. Most recovery programs are based on the AA 12 step model. Statistics…
It’s Always About The Lies
Hits: 873From my journal: It always comes down to this when dealing with a Sex Addict. It’s not about what they do, although that is…