Recent Posts Tagged With 'sexaholic'

• Conference at Lambeth

  Posted on Tuesday August 21st, 2007 at 08:03 in lust, contraception, sexaholic, sexaholism, lambeth

  Hi all, sorry I haven't written much but it has been busy and I am actually writing a book to help me bring the inside out in regards to the spiritual basis of addiction and working tons of overtime. Ok, well I am not writing on that topic, I am writ...

• Psychology Today interview about "crying over spilled semen"

  Posted on Monday August 13th, 2007 at 17:04 in lust, purity, intimacy, condoms, nfp, natural family planning, sexaholic, sexaholism

  I find the below article very interesting from a natural law perspective. Women who have sexual relations without a condom are happier and less suicidal than woman who are celibate or use condoms. As a sex addict and a Catholic I think that contracep...

• Do I really have to start over????

  Posted on Thursday August 9th, 2007 at 10:12 in recovery, lust, 12 steps, resentment, sexaholic

  I hate being an addict! I really don't think you understand that I HATE being an addict. You see, the problem is that I think that I have this under control and have 8 months of sobriety under my belt (my drug of choice is fantasy with being lusted a...

• Of Late

  Posted on Sunday July 29th, 2007 at 16:36 in accountability, pain, anger, intimacy, sexaholic, sexaholism

  Life has been hectic around the house. I was up late as I worked overtime last night. When I last entered into recovery I told my wife I would be accountable to her for my actions. This worked well for a time and I had measures in place. This is not...

• Step Five

  Posted on Tuesday July 17th, 2007 at 10:35 in recovery, lust, confession, 12 steps, sexaholic, sexaholism, step five

  Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.Forgive me Father for I am a worm. This is a dangerous and crucial step for recovery. By the time the addict gets to here they should/need to have lots of suppor...

• A quick note

  Posted on Friday July 13th, 2007 at 10:30 in pornography, lust, sexaholic, sexaholism

  I am still here and very much alive, overtime is making things rough to get done but I am getting a routine down so that I can keep up posting. My biggest fear right now is getting tired and worn out. I am fortunate that I have my wife, she is a gi...

• Step Four

  Posted on Monday July 9th, 2007 at 09:58 in pornography, lust, 12 steps, step four, sexaholic, sexaholism

  Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.Now we get to some hard work. In some ways this could easily become a list of faults and failings and nothing more. I think that would be a mistake, a missed opportunity for growth. I am not...

• Step Three

  Posted on Wednesday July 4th, 2007 at 09:25 in recovery, Step Three, confession, 12 steps, higher power, sexaholic

  Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.At times it seems that the journey to recovery requires what seems like superhuman abilities to me, the addict. Step three is a place to learn that we don't h...

• Journal 20070701

  Posted on Sunday July 1st, 2007 at 22:00 in addiction, alcoholism, recovery, lust, intimacy, 12 steps, step one, sa, sexaholic

  Tonight, I went to my weekly meeting. Tonight one of our members gave his first step. I know that this was hard for him to do. It took up most of the meeting and his recounting encompassed probably over 30 hand-written pages. This step was a reco...

• Journal 20070628

  Posted on Thursday June 28th, 2007 at 12:09 in recovery, sobriety, purpose, lust, songs, intimacy, 12 steps, sexaholic, sexaholism

  One of my favorite songs from adolescence is For Crying out Loud as performed by MeatLoaf. It still to this day strikes a chord in my heart. However, as I grow and mature I have come to realize that it describes the addict in me and my true self. It...

• Lust Versus Intimacy

  Posted on Tuesday June 26th, 2007 at 11:09 in addiction, recovery, pornography, lust, fellowship, intimacy, 12 steps, step one, sa, sexaholic, sexaholism

  One of the biggest things addiction to lust, more commonly know as Sex Addicts or Sexaholics, does to a person is it makes them incapable of sharing with anyone else who they really are. It could be due to embarrassment, shame, guilt or a variety of...

• Journal 20070621

  Posted on Thursday June 21st, 2007 at 11:15 in lust, sexaholic

  The kids are sick, one of them just vomited on the carpet in the front room. I just finished cleaning that up and I am working on school assignments with the oldest child. I am exhausted, probably ready to come down sick myself but unable to as every...

• Journal 20070620

  Posted on Wednesday June 20th, 2007 at 10:28 in addiction, pornography, lust, abstinence, sexaholic

  Today my life is a just a little bit harder in some ways than it was yesterday, but it is easier or more normal in other ways. It is time for me to integrate living in a more normal life and keeping up sobriety. This is one of those ways, replacing t...

• Jounral 20070618 "The F-word"

  Posted on Monday June 18th, 2007 at 21:25 in recovery, lust, abstinence, sexaholic, sexaholism

  Today, my wife and I had our couple’s counseling appointment. I really didn’t want to go, not in the least. Well, not because I am through with my marriage or anything but because I just want everything to be back to normal, I want the magical pi...

• Journal 20071017

  Posted on Sunday June 17th, 2007 at 21:43 in addiction, alcoholism, lust, purity, abstinence, sexaholic, sexaholism

  Sexual Emotions.These are not emotions in the truest sense of the word emotion but are desires that can be triggers. In some way they are things that are out of control that sex addicts try to meet or find in lusting.One of the hardest things about b...

• What is an addiction

  Posted on Thursday June 7th, 2007 at 00:08 in addiction, alcoholism, lust, intimacy, sexaholic, sexaholism

  I guess the first thing that I should write about is to tell you what having a sexual addiction means. In some ways this is a very hard thing to explain as most people don't understand this specific addiction, it makes them uncomfortable or they thin...