Healthy Relationships with Yourself and Others are an Important Part of Sex Addiction Recovery

The second part of this course talks about acceptance. I still remember the end of my addictive lifestyle. I got my second DUI, after having an all night binge sex marathon, and knew I had to get into treatment or I was going to jail. There was no other choice. Even at that point, I stopped drinking and didn’t have many cravings or withdrawal symptoms at all, I still didn’t think I had an addiction. When I went to my first group therapy, it was for alcoholism but when I walked out, I knew that was where I belonged. Without alcohol, I could see that I needed to accept my alcohol and sex addiction. I needed to overcome the disease like this speaker says.

Resentment and the 4th step. Wow, was this a difficult one for me. The 4th step is still one that I haven’t finished or gone through all the way. I have so much baggage and it makes me anxious every time I think about it. I know that I need to focus slowly on working through the creation of my inventory. I need to open up about my sexual addiction and the anger I hold towards others because of it. There are times I am angry with my husband because he isn’t as turned on as I am. Doesn’t that sound crazy? I need to let that go to my Higher Power. When I do, I can recover more.

Hearing Slippery Slopes, the speaker talks about the early warning signs to recognize so you don’t get on the slippery slope. This makes so much sense. If I would take the time to focus more on my thoughts and what is going through my mind, I would be able to prevent relapses with my sex addiction.

These are all excellent speakers and I think they all come together nicely to help people see that sex addiction can be overcome.

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Audio Program by: Pivotal Recovery | Review by: Victoria Stones