The holidays are a time to reflect on family, friends, food and fun. These all play into our cultural image of the season. Could I also bring to light the holiday element of addiction and its influence on families? This aspect should not be ignored because of its adverse impact […]
Cybersex
Partners of sex addicts are continually needing to evaluate the status of their relationship, and their reasons for staying. That is why it is important to get counseling help to address the codependency side of addiction. Do you know the difference between ‘care-taking’ and ‘care-giving’? They are two very different […]
~ Sexual Addictions & Recovering Relationships, Part 2
Lots of people are wondering why it is difficult to maintain an emotionally connected relationship these days. In my own marriage, I always had questions about my husband and why he seemed so disconnected and uninterested in sex. Of course I was unaware of the double life he was leading. […]
~ Sexual Addiction and Recovering Relationships
Codependency is considered the co-addiction to any addiction. It is referred to as a co-addiction because it is a compulsion as much as the addiction is to the addict. I know that when I came to recovery, I did not understand the definition of the word. Codependency is rescuing, care-taking, […]