Category: Sex Addiction

Rebuilding a Marriage Through Sexual Addiction Recovery

Couple walking on the beach after being married Any type of addiction can be trying on a marriage. The rebuilding of a marriage while in recovery from sexual addiction may be even more difficult. Sexual addiction negatively impacts the intimacy in a marriage. This means the hurt can run very deep for the partner with an addicted spouse. Infidelity is frequently the byproduct [...]
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Talking to Our Children About Sex

Mother walking with her kids on the beach Contributor: Jane McGuire, BS, Executive Assistant for Eating Disorder Hope and Addiction Hope Most people when asked can remember how they first heard about sex. Many were taught about it during middle school, in health class. Each individual’s introduction to this topic is an important part of how our worldview on sex is formed. Sexual [...]
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Christian Track – Using Parental Controls to Prevent Porn Use in Adolescents

Glasses, flash drive, and tablet Pornography is a rampant, aggressive, and merciless foe destroying millions of victims every year. It promises the intimacy, passion and excitement of real sex but instead delivers shame, guilt, embarrassment and ultimately death. As parents of a technology driven generation, we have the responsibility and opportunity to help shape a culture that knows how to [...]
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Taking a Leave of Absence For Sexual Addiction Treatment

Woman struggling with sex addiction There is often a misunderstanding about sexual addiction, in which people commonly believe that wanting “too much sex” is directly related to a lack of self-control or desire to overindulge. While a sexual addiction is not an official diagnosis according to the DSM-5, it is a severe disorder than countless individuals are dealing with across [...]
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