The purpose of this site is to talk to you in the manner in which I wish someone had spoken to me many years ago when I first discovered my…
Let’s start with discovery and with anger, because you may be feeling quite a bit of that now. Of course, you are angry at him, but it is possible you…
Your husband has been a sex addict for some time. Whatever event occurred that made you aware of his addiction, it is only one in a long stream of…
When you think addiction, you think heroin, barbiturates, cocaine, and cigarettes. You think physical withdrawal, cold turkey, the need often for hospitalization. Your notion of addiction may extend to prescription…
Perhaps I’ve convinced you that sex addiction is a real condition. And now you are thinking, Great, he’s a sex addict, But I don’t want to be married to a…
Just when you’ve satisfied yourself that addiction to sex is possible, and that your partner is a sex addict, you read an article (usually an old one) that claims sex…
You may be married to a man who doesn’t think there is anything wrong with how he behaves. In my discussions with sex addicts, I often ask what their advice…
You can’t delve very far into the world of sex addiction without learning of “Anon” groups. “Anon” groups are designed to support the spouses and family of sex addicts and…
I am not a fan of the co-addiction/codependency model. Our grief, our anxiety, and our fear are perfectly normal responses to the trauma we’ve been through. However, there are some great…
I write this blog as though readers have just found out about their husbands sexual addictions, and as though they’ve never been to a support group. Neither of these may be the case. …