SRI’s launching its new “Lunch Hour” support group

Los Angeles, CA (Businesss Wire) August 10, 2010 – Starting Thursday, August 19, 2010 SRI will begin offering a “lunch hour” support group for spouses and partners of sex addicts from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

The sessions will take place on Thursdays from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sexual Recovery Institute (SRI), facilitated by treatment specialist, Korina Jochim, M.A., one of the primary SRI staff. They will focus on building social support, understanding triggers, and creating healthy boundaries for partners of addicts.  Korina will also integrate grounding and meditation techniques as a management tool for those suffering from trauma.

How are female sex addicts different from male sex addicts?

By Sharon O’Hara MFT

Historically speaking, women have always been overlooked or underrepresented in addiction studies, whether the compulsive behavior studied had to do with alcohol, drugs, gambling, or sexual acting out. It has been 70 years since the founding of AA, 60 years since the American Medical Association recognized alcoholism as a disease, and yet it was not until the late 1980s that significant findings regarding very powerful gender differences in the development of alcoholism surfaced in research studies for other diseases, such as heart disease or AIDS, where women have also been underrepresented as research subjects.

A Hero’s Journey: Part I

By Gregory Pospisil

The definition of character can be summed up in one word: Action.

Character = Action.

The action we take at any given moment defines our character at that time.

Sex Addiction Can Affect Just About Anyone

The increased attention sex addiction has been getting in the media has a positive and negative affect on the field of sexual recovery. On the one hand, more and more people are seeking recovery but on the other hand, the media’s tendency to focus mainly on celebrities has made the general public question the validity of an addiction to sex. The truth is: it’s as serious as any other addiction. According to SASH, it is estimated that 3-5 percent of the American population can be labeled as sex addicts. This is likely a conservative estimate since it is based on the number of people who actually check themselves in for treatment.

How to Respond to Sex Addiction “Deniers”

I recently heard Bill Maher on TV deny the existence of sex addiction. Brilliant Bill Maher!! He didn’t really make a case; all he did was look sarcastic and say “sex addiction? Give me a BREAK.” I’ve recently noticed that Sex Addiction “Deniers” are more prevalent than I had thought so here are a few of the idiotic theories that deniers toss out followed by some suggested responses.

Kids Know Pornography When They See It

“This stuff comes barreling down the generations like a locomotive.” So said a man I’ll call Ted. Because so many sex addicts lead a double life, a “secret” life, they may believe (and their partners may believe) that their younger school-age children are not directly affected. Ted knows better. He’s a tall, good looking, successful 45 year old recovering sex addict. He remembers that when he was a kid growing up his father had a second home down the street from where the family lived which the father used to house his “girlfriends”. Kids know what’s going on, even young kids, and they know when something isn’t right. It affects them and skews their sense of what constitutes normal relating in ways they can’t understand or verbalize at the time.

The Addict’s Bumpy Road to Healing

Most sexually addicted clients enter treatment, whether outpatient, intensive program or residential care, not out of any great desire to be better people, but when facing major life consequences and losses related to their problem sexual behavior. Issues like “my wife found out about my going to sensual massages and made me get help to save our marriage” or “my boss told me if I didn’t get treatment after I got caught viewing porn at work I would be fired” are common reasons that push sex addicts into attending treatment.

About Sex Addiction, sex addiction myths, sex addicts

Most sexually addicted clients enter treatment, whether outpatient, intensive program or residential care, not out of any great desire to be better people, but when facing major life consequences and losses related to their problem sexual behavior. Issues like “my wife found out about my going to sensual massages and made me get help to save our marriage” or “my boss told me if I didn’t get treatment after I got caught viewing porn at work I would be fired” are common reasons that push sex addicts into attending treatment.