Welcome to our group, and to recovery. My story has different details than yours, and yet this overwhelming draw is so familiar. The same can be said for the...
I am so glad to hear that you are gaining strength. It IS tough, and it IS a long road. But with the patience you are gathering..each step brings you closer...
Thanks so much for that reply. I mentioned in my original piece that the Internet had added to the problems of addicts - more temptation right in front of us...
I have a long, complicated story to tell but I'm going to do my best to put it in a nutshell to where people will actually want to read it. I'm 24 years old,...
A few things... * I DO believe that you are in need of a new medication. Please be honest with these doctors and counselors that you are seeing. you don't...
I want to echo everything McKenna said. She put it quite well. I suffer from mild clinical depression and know it can exacerbate some of the addictive...
Wings Of Eagles — A Recovery Place <http://www.WingsOfEaglesRecovery.org> Wings Devotional Recovery ... February 1st, 2007 JUST FOR TODAY! -- Surrender Step...
Thank you Bill and McKenna for your input. I am seeing a doctor on Feb 13th for the first time in years, and I'm continuing to see my therapist I've seen...
Let me echo all the good advice about becoming stable in your mood before you try to label then fix any 'addiction'. Mania and depression and heighten and or...
Hello I'm 37 old brazilian male, married, addicted on virtual sex. During my teenager years I bought tons os porn magazines and later I started to look after...
Hi, Libertas. Welcome to the group. I know exactly what you mean by the never ending abyss. I went beserk in chatrooms....logging on constantly, sometimes up...
Former member, now banned. Remember when relying, don't include the message or it just lives on and on... She had been a member for quite a while, I wonder...
Just heard the beginnings of this story, and I will bet you dollars to donuts when more is learned, that it will be a matter of love addiction. You know, I...
Hey guys Ashley here, sex addict, powerless over my addiction, I have been acting out for months and I am exhausted!! As I lay in bed today, after I acted out...
Ashley... It doesn't matter how many times you have tried before..you are here NOW, and THAT'S what matters! I, too, did MUCH of my acting out on-line, and...
Ashley, McKenna is right on the money about dumping your past, including the ID. Three years ago, when I got into recovery from sex addiction, I was slapped in...
I was raised in a repressed (Christian) home where you were forced to go to church and sex was not talked about. I got into some "show me yours" with the...
Thanks Dale, I would like to know more about the simple exercises that will help me be and not feed the addict. ... the ... is ... day ... addict. ... a ... on...
You seem to be awfully hard on yourself. That is not to minimize the problem, nor some of the damage you might have caused others. First let me say that...
Thanks for your input. I have not worked for at least two months, things are closing in on me. I'm in a very competetive field where the latinos have taken...
If things seem inappropriate to you, please don't copy them off onto the bottom of your post. We seem to be having a run of inappropriate posts by either a...
First begin with a willingness to realize that your identity transcends your understanding of it. Sometimes in 12 Step programs this is difficult because...
I see some new members with their full names appearing in their posts. Remember this is a public board. Here are the instructions on how to change your...
hello dale, my name is greg, and i am 23 years old. i have been dealing with my addiction for a couple of years now and have felt relatively alone in the...
Hi Greg, Thanks for reaching out. I would be very willing to communicate with you and build a friendship. Privately would be fine as well--I'll email this to...
Ok, I was hoping NOT to have to do this...but it has to be mentioned. We can't regulate what members do on their own, but we can HIGHLY HIGHLY reccommend that...
I will admit, I wrote a note to a member who I was concerned over, to point out to heed the last message. They took it.. in different ways than were intended....
Thanks mckenna. Hi all just want to say that I am struggling with my addiction I used it for
my escape from depression. I get depressed cause of my past. Then...
