3 Ideas to Help Ring in the New Year Without Your Porn Addiction
For many of us, seeing 2020 come to an end is going to be a joyous occasion. With 2021 on the horizon, you may be thinking about goals you want to set and achieve over the next year. For example, you are ready to say goodbye to your porn addiction. Yet, you wonder, with all […]
How Does Mindfulness Affect Addiction Treatment?
Mindfulness As An Addiction Treatment Mindfulness is an addiction therapy that is proving to be successful at preventing relapse, and that can be integrated into other treatment programs. It is something that can learned and performed anywhere. One of the reasons mindfulness may contribute to sobriety is that it provides a healthy way to deal with […]
Do You Have Addiction Interaction Disorder?
Addiction Interaction Disorder Many people with a sexual addiction also experience one or more other addictions or compulsive behaviors. And if they don’t have another addiction co-occuring with the sex addiction, the other addiction(s) can occur once the sex addiction has been stopped. These addictions can interact or replace each other, and “fuse” together. This […]
Are You Using These Free Therapies For Sex Addiction Treatment?
Free Therapies: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Sex addiction is a complex issue. Effective treatment can require a variety of techniques and therapies. Practicing self-compassion and mindfulness are two therapies that can help you in your recovery. They are free, and you can start practicing them right away. Focus on Breathing: In mindful breathing, you simply […]
Sexual Addiction Can Happen To Women Too
(Post share from the IRATAD Blog) Often sexual addiction is automatically associated with being a man’s problem however despite popular belief women do struggle with sexual addiction. Struggling with sexual addiction is very shaming for a person and can leave them feeling disconnected and alone. Because so few women come forward about their sexual addiction and assume […]
Addiction, Neuroplasticity and Mindfulness
(Post share from the IRATAD Blog) I recently read a book by Miriam Boleyn-Fitzgerald (2010), Pictures of the Mind: what the new neuroscience tells us about who we are. This book explains how new technology is contributing to groundbreaking discoveries related to how the brain works and its influence on our behavior. . . . […]
Resolutions and Addiction
(Post share from the IRATAD Blog) Addiction is about not being able to maintain boundaries, follow though on commitments and being able to self-soothe in a healthy way. When we are unable to say no and follow through on the no……(such as over-commiting ourselves to things), when we are unwilling to sacrifice an extra hour […]
Addiction Treatment and Neuroplasticity
(Post share from the IRATAD Blog) Neuroplasticity is the alteration of neural pathways due to changes in behavior, environment and thinking processes. New research is making discoveries about brain functions that were previously believed to be impossible in relation to neuroplasticity. It was not so long ago that the scientific community thought neuroplasticity within an […]
What Is Sexual Addiction?
Sexual addiction or dependency is a compulsive disorder that causes the inability to control ones sexual behavior that affects millions of people world-wide. A person with sexual addiction has excessive thoughts or behaviors relating to or obtaining a desired sexual effect. Those that suffer from this obsessive dependency suffer at work, with personal relationships, and […]
What Do I Do If Someone I Care About Has An Addiction To Pornography?
Knowing how to deal with someone that has an addiction to pornography can be a very difficult road for many. And most often those affected by this type of addiction happens between a husband and a wife. This behavior can leave one with a low self-esteem, feeling betrayed, alone, and end up with a shattered […]