The first step after finding a sponsor is to begin looking at your sexual acting out. What are the behaviours that are most problematic? What are the things that continue to get you into trouble? What brings the most shame? The first 7 days The first seven days are dedicated to this process – called […]
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Finding a Sponsor Starting out in recovery for many of us was overwhelming. It is a huge gift to find a sponsor to be honest with on our journey. To start working the Twelve Steps we needed to find a sponsor who had already finished at least Step Three. We found the best way to
A series of 13 videos presenting insights into recovery from sexual addiction from an Australian Christian & Catholic perspective.Features Paul Ninnes, James Parker, Shayne Bennett, Steve Stokes and Robert Falzon among other speakers.
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One of the common realities of men in recovery is the discovery of an emotional life. So often as children, we learnt that emotions were bad and expressing them was even worse. So we suppressed our emotions and many even lost the ability to name what it was that we were feeling. All emotions are
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1. How does anonymity work? SLAA is very protective of the anonymity of its members. Accordingly, meetings are normally closed to outsiders and those who are merely curious. At meetings and for all program matters, we only identify ourselves by our first name (and the initial of our surname, to avoid confusion with others who
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What is anorexia? We offer this definition: “As an eating disorder, anorexia is defined as the compulsive avoidance of food. In the area of sex and love, anorexia has a similar definition: Anorexia is the compulsive avoidance of giving or receiving social, sexual, or emotional nourishment.” Patrick Carnes, the pioneering author on addiction and recovery,
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20 Questions To Ask Yourself Many people wonder whether they are an addict. This list is adapted from Alcoholics Anonymous, and changes the word “drinking” to “thinking”. The old adage applies: “It was not the drinking that got us stinking, but the stinking thinking that got us drinking.” All addicts have to admit that negative
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Abstinence. A change in our behaviour that involves stopping the addictive pattern — one day, sometimes one minute, at a time. Abstinence is a beginning point in sobriety. Acting Out. To engage in addictive behaviour. Engaging in a behaviour which is on one’s bottom line is often referred to as having a slip (more minor)
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