Category Archives: Step 3: Breaking Free
Warning sign #3: Entitlement
The final common indicator that we’re moving toward a relapse—entitlement—is, without a doubt, the most perilous. Even though, as discussed in the last two posts, the isolation that comes from reduced accountability and the old thought patterns that our secrets reawaken certainly put us in risky territory, entitlement is the chute that is most likely…
Warning Sign #2 – Increasing Secrets
In the last blog post we looked at diminishing accountability—the first sign that we’re moving toward a relapse. If you missed that post, you’ll find it here. The second red flag correlates closely to that initial sign. Learning to reach out and trust people is one of the key components of recovery. God’s original intent…
The 3 Warning Signs of Impending Relapse
Every once in a while an old client calls up out of the blue to make an appointment to see us. Unfortunately, they rarely call because they just want to stop by and tell us how great they’re doing. The scenario is almost always the same. They arrive. We chit-chat cheerfully for a few moments…
Ya Gotta Laugh
I’ve been doing some very interesting research lately on the mind-body-spirit connection. Perhaps reflective of our tri-une God—God the father, the son and the Holy Spirit—it seems we ourselves are very highly integrated tri-une beings. There is substantial clinical support for the idea that what happens in our mind and the emotions it creates has…
Hope for Tomorrow
Maybe you’ve heard the dismal statistics relating to sexual addiction recovery. Maybe people you trust have told you that a person can never FULLY be free from this addiction. Maybe you’ve failed at your attempts to turn away from pornography or get a rein on your fantasies so many times that you’re becoming convinced that…
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