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TTU ADRS 3329 Sex Addiction Recovery Lecture Slides
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- ADRS 3329
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- Texas Tech University
TTU ADRS 3329 Sex Addiction Recovery Lecture Slides
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4/20/2017Sex Addiction
Recovery
Addiction and Relationships
Sexual Addiction:
Is recovery possible?
• Acceptance of the disease and it’s consequences.
• Commitment to change.
• Surrender of the need to control the compulsion.
• Willingness to learn from others in recovery in 12
step support groups and from trained therapists.
• Families surrender control of the addict
Keys To Recovery
• Honesty
• Recognition of all levels of addiction
• Total family involvement
• Alter fundamental “core beliefs”
• Participate in effective therapy to broaden choices
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, 4/20/2017
What is recovery from sex addiction?
• Build relationships
• Separate the behavior from the person
• Establish clear guidelines for behavior
• Promotes learning from mistakes
• Allows for amends to be made
• Supplies on-going support and affirmation
• Creates a positive sense of self
Recovery: Co-addicts
• Is a method for checking reality
• Is an on-going exercise in the development of trust
• Provides new options for behavior in relationships
• Accepts all family members with their strengths and
weaknesses
• Co-A can focus their energy on developing their own sexuality
Sexual Anorexia
• “obsessive state in which the physical, mental,
and emotional task of avoiding sex dominates
one’s life”
• Often based on childhood sexual trauma
• Not an aversion to sex, but to intimacy
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