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Step 5 – “Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.” In Step Four we made a searching and fearless moral inventory of the acquired character defects.  The inventory from Step Four details the acquired character defects which are of the false self.  These defects, when the […]


Step Four – “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”   In the previous three steps, we have built, for ourselves, a beginning foundation in this sex addiction counseling program of recovery.  In Step One, we admitted we were powerless over lust and recognized that our lives have been, are now, and will […]


“Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.” In Step One, we admitted that we were powerless over lust and that we could not manage our lives in the addiction.  Also, in Step One we admit that we cannot manage our lives on […]


Step 2 – “Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.”   In Step One, sexual addiction therapists encourage clients to first admitted that we were, we are now, and we will remain powerless over lust and that our lives have become completely unmanageable because of it.  We cannot […]


STEP ONE – “We admitted that we were powerless over lust — that our lives had become unmanageable.” The following questions are suggested as a guide in working this step.  Most of the work is in thinking about the answers, dredging up the pertinent recollections, and making notes, so that I can write it out.  This […]


Many people have childhood memories of a soft blanket that they carried for comfort or being hugged by a mother wearing a soft and furry nightgown.  The use of touch for self-soothing is often forgotten and yet we are always touching something.  Our skin is covered with sensitive nerves that caring signals of feelings to […]


We can learn to self-sooth through the use of certain sounds.  Listen to beautiful or soothing music, or to CD of the ocean or other sounds of nature can be very relaxing.  For some people, having a baseball game on the radio while they work can be very self-soothing.  For others, sitting by a waterfall can provide […]


What better gift did God provide than our vision?  A large percentage of our brain has been set aside solely for our sense of vision.  What we see can have a very powerful affect upon how we feel about ourselves, others, and our world (both positively and negatively).  So, it is an important tool for […]


The symptoms of anxiety disorder are generally characterized by consistent, extreme, and unfounded fear, worry, or dismay.  For example, a person with anxiety disorder may feel anxious about life with no specific reason.  He or she may simply have an underlying fear but not be able to share what that fear is attributed.  The person […]


Depression is a mood disorder that causes a consistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. It affects how a person feels, thinks and behaves and can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems. At any point in time, 3 to 5 percent of people suffer from major depression; the lifetime risk is […]


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