Fantasy and the Challenge of Recovery
This dialogue between sexual addiction professionals raised an interesting question about how to address the challenge of fantasy in addiction recovery. Brett speaks first:…
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More On Intimacy
Here is a very recent article about intimacy from a male perspective. It strikes me that one value of the internet and its free following exploitation and exploration of human sexuality is that one can find hard-won honest insight. This article is a great example.
When Sex is Easy, Intimacy is Hard
The challenge of living in an age of easy sex, (Internet Pornography, Sexting, Hook-up Apps, etc) is in learning how to be a real human being and not just a vehicle for sexual exploitation. Intimacy takes practice.
Poor Advice Dressed Up as Openness and Love
A blog post with the provocative title “The Pornography on Your I-Pod” offers open-minded but ultimately poor advice on the topic of adolescent exposure to pornography.
Addiction and the Brain
Research in neurobiology and the nature of the brain helps us understand addiction. The more we understand the addictive process, the better we are able to establish treatment plans for recovery.
Getting Started Workshop Now Underway
This is the second six week workshop scheduled this year. Our next workshop will begin October 9. Our participants come with courage to address what for many of them may be the biggest challenge of their lives.
Flourishing and Languishing
People who flourish experience emotional well-being. They nourish this well being by practicing at least six positive habits.
Clean Your Closet
Memory sometimes becomes a cluttered closet into which we throw painful episodes. As the closet fills up, experiences we thought we had pushed out of sight behind the closed door, sometimes spill out into the room.
Family Matters
Family is a key piece of the puzzle when it comes to helping someone in recovery. But there may be no addiction that puts at risk the health of family more than a sexual addiction. We can help you restore your family’s health, so your family can restore you.
The Decision
The decision to address the challenge of sexual addiction may be the most important decision one will ever make. Because: Once you make a decision, the decision begins to make you.