It’s okay to admit you don’t want to stop. You read that right. It’s okay to admit you don’t want to stop. When I tell people who are new to recovery that it’s okay to admit that, their eyes open wide and they say, “It’s okay for me to say that out...
If there is one 12-step slogan or practice to use as your go-to during a crisis, Awareness, Acceptance, Action might be one. If you’re feeling isolated, lonely or anxious this simple tool can help bring you to a more centered and connected place. Below is a...
It’s normal to have the urge to run right back to your maladaptive sexual behavior in order to cope with this stress. Your first day at New York Pathways is a triumphant moment. It obviously won’t feel anything like that. Typically, patients arrive in our...
How sex addiction starts, how it takes over our life, and how therapy helps us regain control. Runtime: 5:00min Video Transcript We live in an isolating world of compulsive social media behavior and 24/7 access to sexual arousal. Is hypersexuality the new...
Addiction and the LGBTQ Community Addiction hits the LGBTQ community at much higher rates than within the heterosexual community environment. Gay men face stigma on multiple fronts from both the larger culture as well as closer to home by way of intra-community...
“I desperately wanted to have sex with him or for him to want me, but afterwards, I felt like a discarded crack vile. Empty, used, worthless.”…anonymous Women always have been overlooked or underrepresented in studies of alcohol, drug, gambling or sex addiction. It...
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