Committment to Recovery - Sexual Addi...
by SexAddictionCounselor.com on 13/03/2011 - 01:50 pm |
Tags: Addiction
To recover from sexual addiction, it takes a "marathon" committment rather than a "sprint" committment. Recoveing from sexual addiction has been described as the most difficult journeys of recovery (more than drugs, alcohol, or other addictions). To anyone attempting to start the recovery journey, please understand: recovering from sex addiction is a battle that you must really want to win. An Alcoholics Anonymous phrase fits: “You must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.” There are no “half measures” to recovering from sex addiction. It must be your top priority! If it isn’t, than you haven’t experienced enough misery yet.
You are beginning one of the most difficult journeys of your life: recovering from sex addiction. Please understand: recovering from sex addiction is a battle that you must really want to win. An AA phrase says: “You must be sick and tired of being sick and tired.” There are no “half measures” to recovering from sex addiction. It must be your top priority! If it isn’t, than you haven’t experienced enough misery yet.
Recovery from sex addiction requires you to get into a regular pattern of tough recovery work. You are fighting to change many, many years of conditioning. Recovery will not occur overnight or even over a couple of weeks. Sex addiction recovery is a marathon, not a sprint! Get ready to work!
How long will recovery lasts? Some experts say it is a three to five year process. Your recovery may be longer or shorter. There are multiple factors that affect how long recovery lasts and determine the type of duration of treatment. The most important factor is your willingness to work.
Recovery is both a state of mind and a set of actions. While individuals say they are “in recovery,” unless there are recovery actions to back up that statement, they are at risk of losing their sobriety and returning to their compulsive behaviors.
What does good recovery look like? Persons in recovery are busy doing the work of recovery. Recovery is something a person does!
You will need time set aside time to complete the many recovery tasks established in this packet and in the “Facing the Shadow” workbook, attend 12-step groups, call other group members, etc. The tasks will only work, if you work them. Recovering from sex addiction is a change of direction and change is never easy! Set aside time each day in order to work on your recovery from sexual addiction.
Addictive Thinking: the real issue of...
by SexAddictionCounselor.com on 15/10/2010 - 06:27 pm |
Tags: Addiction
Kevin Leapley | Sunday, Aug 29, 2010
What is addictive thinking? It is a way of thinking that doesn’t match with reality. Many addicts are raised in families with addictive thinking or another way of putting it, a worldview that has rules and responses that are not aligned with being healthy. Especially in relationship with others.The addictive thinking precedes all addictions and allows the addict to continue in his/her choices that leads to the addictive behaviors (alcohol, drugs, sex, overeating, etc.). Simply stopping the behaviors doesn’t solve any problems but rather is like putting a finger in the cracked walls of the damn as the millions of gallons of water pushing against the other side. Eventually, the addictive thinking simply switches.The best way to change addictive thinking is to seek counseling and join a group of recovering addicts that are working to change. Hearing other addicts talk about their issues allows the addict to hear himself/herself and challenge his/her beliefs.
About Sex Addiction Counselor Directory
by SexAddictionCounselor.com on 25/03/2011 - 06:16 pm |
Tags: Counseling Network
Sex Addiction Counselor Directory is an online directory of counselors, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, nutritionists, life coaches, marriage and family therapists, pastoral counselors, and other mental health professionals who specialize in treating sexual addiction, spouses/partners of sex addicts, and the sex addict's families. By providing information about counseling and therapy to those in need, the Sex Addiction Counselor Directory promotes healthy relationships, families, individuals, children and teens, and healthy communities. Ranked as one of the leading sexual addiction counseling directories for finding a sex addiction counselor referral sources on the web, the Sex Addiction Counselor Directory believes it is important for those struggling with this addiction to find the right help from mental health professionals that have received specialized training.
First conceived of in Jun 2009 and launched a year and half later, the directory consists of independent counselors, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, nutritionists, life coaches, marriage and family therapists, pastoral counselors, and other mental health professionals and clinics throughout North America that provide counselling, therapy, psychology, psychiatry and resources to individuals, couples, and families while upholding strong values.
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