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Here are a list of resources for Sex Addicts (books, filters, & groups) and for Partners/Spouses of Sex Addicts: Books and Workbooks For Recovery from Sex Addiction “Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction” by Patrick Carnes “Facing the Shadow” workbook (required for group) by Patrick Carnes Sexaholics Anonymous book (aka “White book”) “Surfing for […]

Sex Addiction Recovery: Escape Plan In sexual addiction recovery, an Escape Plan involves your own personal plan for breaking your behavior pattern when you begin to feel sexually triggered and you begin contemplating acting out.  Despite you best efforts to work your program of recovery, you find yourself in the midst of sexual obsession, fantasy, […]

Dr. Patrick Carnes has described addiction as the avoidance of reality at any cost and recovery as facing reality at any cost.  Therefore, recovery from sex addiction cannot be accomplished without establishing boundaries against using other substances (i.e, alcohol, drugs, or food) to alter your mood or avoid reality. For many sex addicts, stopping the […]

Twenty years ago, sex addicts had to get their sex “fix” from public places such as magazine racks, strip clubs, adult bookstores, or video stores.  The sex addict had the potential embarrassment of being seen and recognized.  He also was limited to the materials offered by the specific establishment. With the age of the internet, the […]

Boundary: Printed Materials For many sex addicts, their acting out focused mainly upon images within printed materials (i.e., magazines, internet, newspapers, etc.).  Simply seeing an image of a woman, man, or scene can trigger the sex addict into objectifying other people and fall into a relapse of sexual fantasizes.  The images don’t necessarily need to […]

People Boundaries In our past acting out we have established relationships with people that encouraged our destructive lifestyle.  Sex addicts will often make connections with other sex addicts and sex addiction group recovery may require that you give up those relationships (at least for the first year of recovery).  You may even look at your […]

Sex Addiction Boundary: Media Our cultural environment values sexual expression and takes great liberty in expressing those values in television, movies, and internet videos.  For the sex addict, this is another area to establish strong boundaries to avoid being triggered into fantasies and acting out. 

Sexual Addiction Recovery Boundary 1: Places At Front Range Counseling Center, our sexual addiction therapists believe it is important to establish boundaries in the beginning of sexual addiction recovery.  Here is boundary #1: Places

Boundary #5: Self-Boundaries At Front Range Counseling Center, we recommend setting boundaries for sexual addiction recovery.  Here is information on boundaries: Boundaries are what keep you safe and place a protective barrier around you to keep you from sexually acting out.  Sexual addiction involves patterns of thought, association with others, and behavior that frequently lead […]

Defining Your Sobriety To establish sobriety, we must first define it.  “Sobriety” – when used in reference to compulsive sexual behavior – is the state of living that is free from the addictive or compulsive behavior. Sexual sobriety is not the same thing as sexual purity … it’s not sexual perfection. It is the ongoing […]

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