A woman who originally sought treatment for alcoholism learns she may also be a sex addict. Kendall sits at the bar of a downtown hotel in a city far from home. She sips a drink in honor of another far off city, and stares blankly past the bartender in his uncomfortable tuxedo. She has just
You cheated on your partner, you regret it, you’re sorry and you want your partner to forgive you so you can move on, but he doesn’t trust you. Now what? How can you possibly get him to trust you again after such a big betrayal? Whether it was a meaningless, unemotional, one-night stand or an
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Relationship infidelity is widespread in this day and age, but it has also been present throughout pretty much all of recorded history. Research suggests that part of the reason infidelity has been so common and so consistent throughout the years is that the human brain structure makes infidelity not only possible, but probable.
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One thing that happens when you enter recovery—at least one thing that happened to me—is that you finally meet people who’ve been through what you’ve been through. The specific details and contours of their experiences might not be identical, but the internal experiences are often so startlingly similar that when you sit in a meeting,
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Narcissistic sex addicts like Mason74, who use grandiosity and a facade of self-confidence to present as though they are indestructible, are perhaps the most difficult to treat. Mason74 is charismatic, convicted and charming. He attends an online SSA (Sex Addicts Anonymous) meeting and when it’s his turn on the virtual floor, he starts out by
A successful businesswoman constantly pursued other women for sex, but pushed them away when emotional bonding began to set in. Meika, a successful producer and TV writer, had always liked to joke that she was a world-renowned womanizer. Her predominantly heterosexual colleagues (though there were several openly gay folks in her industry) seemed to take