Recovery

You felt like you had excellent forward momentum in your recovery from an intimacy disorder. Now, it seems like you’re stuck. You’re not moving backward, but you don’t feel like you’re growing or changing either. Believe it or not, this feeling is quite common. It’s called “the plateau effect.” Here’s […]

Are you in recovery for sex addiction and learning to cope? The path to healing from sex addiction isn’t always linear. You’re likely experiencing setbacks, stressors, and urges. It’s easy to fall back into old habits when you feel overwhelmed. Here are the best coping skills in addiction recovery to […]

Recovery from sex or pornography addiction is about more than stopping unhealthy behaviors. It’s also about rebuilding trust, repairing relationships, and learning to live with honesty and accountability. Along the way, you’ll likely need to have a lot of difficult conversations. Whether it’s admitting the truth about past actions, setting […]

Recovery from an intimacy disorder often feels like a battle between old habits and the desire for change. Mindfulness offers a way to step out of reactive patterns and reconnect with the present moment. By observing thoughts, emotions, and urges without judgment, you can respond thoughtfully instead of acting on […]

Relapse prevention and recovery maintenance sound like the same concept, and people often use them interchangeably, but they’re actually talking about two different stages or parts of the recovery process, although “recovery maintenance” is the preferred term. Here’s more about the similarities, differences, and what it all means. Understanding Relapse […]

Some men struggle to connect emotionally with others or fully trust people. But you don’t always know where these feelings come from or what to do about them. It may be because these emotional wounds stem from generational trauma that you adopted from others in your family. These inherited patterns […]