If you’re currently in recovery for sex addiction, congratulations! Getting help is the first, and often the hardest step. Whether it has been days, weeks, months or even years, preventing relapse is a continual journey. One of the most effective ways to do this is to have a sexual addiction recovery plan. From enlisting the [...]
The last couple of months have been difficult for everyone. The outbreak and spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) has seen many countries around the world placed on lockdown. This has meant businesses have had to close, people have lost their jobs and at a time when we need more support than ever before, we’re not even [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen much of the world placed on lockdown. Affecting many aspects of our lives from going to work and socialising to attending events and even being able to pop to the shop, Coronavirus has had a big impact on all of our lives. A big concern for anyone recovering from addiction [...]
A common question clients and their loved ones ask is ‘what causes sex addiction?’ While there’s no one single cause for this, there are a number of contributing factors we see in almost all cases. More often than not, clients will have previously suffered from one or more of the following: Mental illness Other addictions [...]
As with any addiction, there’s no magic cure for sexual addiction. The condition is often the result of emotional abandonment or neglect in childhood, traumatic events or emotions which have been suppressed for many years. Combined with the fact that you need to learn how to conduct healthy sexual relationships once again, there really is [...]
Sexual desires are a perfectly normal and healthy part of life. When it comes to sex addiction however, these urges become all-consuming and the resulting actions are often incredibly destructive. How do you know what’s ‘normal’ sexual behavior and when there may be a more serious issue at play, however? Below we discuss the most [...]
Sex addiction is a phenomenon we’re hearing about more and more these days. Of all the addictions, however, it’s the one that people struggle to understand and take seriously. When someone has a dependency on drugs or alcohol, nobody questions the legitimacy of this. As a society, we accept the existence of addictions to these substances [...]
If you think that you have a sex addiction, you’re likely to be feeling overwhelmed at the moment. Even just taking the plunge to research your behaviors can be daunting so well done for taking the first step towards recovery. If you’re not quite ready to talk to someone, that’s absolutely fine. You can take [...]
Because sex is such a normal part of our lives, it can be difficult to understand what sex addiction is and picking up on the signs may be even more challenging. For most people, the sexual activities they carry out don’t cause a problem in their everyday lives. For someone with an addiction however, their [...]
Sex addiction remains a widely misunderstood intimacy disorder. Also sometimes referred to as compulsive sexual behaviour or hypersexuality, sex addiction is characterized by excessive urges to have sex or engage in other related behaviours. This remains the case even when such actions may jeopardize physical health, emotional wellbeing or social standing. While sexual desires are [...]