Sex Addiction # 3: What Does Recovery Require?

English - September 15, 2019 10:50 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MB
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[0:54] Dr. Schmidt is back to give us the final ten of his 30 Tips for Recovery from Sex Addiction!

[1:22] Tip #21: Understand your spouse and support their healing process (and the resource Paul recommends to help in this)

[2:54] Tip #22: Recognize the symptoms for your spouse’s PTSD early in their recovery

[5:13] Tip #23: Lower domestic distress--and learn when to disengage

[7:28] Tip #24: Learn the 4 things addiction says to you (and how to talk back--out loud)

[9:30] Tip #25: Be honest with yourself by asking, Is this opposite-sex friendship helping or hurting my marriage?

[11:56] Tip #26: Develop a fire-drill kit to practice calmly walking out of danger

[13:43] Tip #27: Discover how to take “two steps forward” after relapse

[15:28] Tip #28: Learn when a period of abstinence from sexual activity is healthy (and 5 purposes behind why to do it)

[17:52] Tip #29: Learn when temporary separation actually helps to promote recovery

[19:22’ Tip #30: Accept that recovery is a lifelong process of making a good life better

[22:55] Dr. Schmidt’s final caution: the three little words we think that can lead us astray