A new year recovery plan for men begins with structure, honesty, and support, not resolutions. January often feels like a clean slate for men struggling with process addictions such as sex addiction, pornography addiction, or gambling addiction. Many attempt to reset with goals or promises, only to find themselves repeating the same patterns weeks later. […]
Addiction, alcoholism, Mental Health, Recovery, Relationships, Treatment, Uncategorized
The Holiday Relapse Trap: Why Stress and Isolation Trigger Addictive Behaviors in Men
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Holiday relapse prevention for men becomes critical during a season filled with stress, isolation, and emotional pressure. While the holidays are often marketed as a time of connection and joy, many men in recovery from sex addiction, pornography addiction, or gambling addiction experience the opposite. Increased stress, disrupted routines, financial strain, and emotional disconnection can […]
Addiction, Family, Mental Health, Pornography, Recovery, Relationships, Sex Addiction, sobriety
Healing From Betrayal Trauma During the Holidays: A Guide for Spouses
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The holidays are supposed to feel warm, connected, and joyful. But for spouses who have experienced betrayal trauma due to sex addiction, pornography addiction, or gambling addiction, the season often brings the opposite. The pressure to “hold things together,” show up at gatherings, maintain traditions, or pretend everything is fine can feel unbearable. Instead of […]
Addiction, Pornography, Sex Addiction, Treatment
What Process Addiction Really Looks Like: Beyond the Stereotypes
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When people hear the term process addiction, they often picture extreme or sensational behaviors. Something dramatic. Something obvious. Something that clearly signals a crisis. The reality is very different. Process addictions like sex addiction, porn addiction, and gambling addiction rarely begin with chaos. They begin quietly, gradually, and often invisibly. Many men who struggle look […]
Addiction, Mental Health, Recovery, Sex Addiction
Why Men Struggle to Ask for Help: Barriers to Treatment for Process Addictions
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Dec
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Most men are not taught how to ask for help. They are taught how to perform, endure, and keep moving. They hide their fear. They white knuckle their pain. They solve problems on their own. These expectations place enormous pressure on men who are quietly spiraling in sex addiction, gambling addiction, or other process addictions. […]
Addiction, Gambling Addiction, Recovery
When Your Husband is Addicted to Gambling: What Spouses Need to Know
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Dec
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Discovering that your husband has a gambling addiction is rarely a single moment. More often, it is a slow realization marked by inconsistencies, financial confusion, emotional distance, or explanations that never quite add up. For many spouses, the discovery feels like the ground shifting under their feet. What once felt predictable and secure now feels […]
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The Cost of High Functioning Porn Addiction in Men Most people imagine addiction as something obvious. Missed work. Major consequences. Visible chaos.Porn addiction rarely presents that way. In fact, some of the men who suffer most are the ones who appear to be performing well in every other area of life. They hold jobs. They […]
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Addiction is a family disease. “The havoc active addiction creates in families and relationships stresses everyone in these ‘systems’—parents, children, siblings, spouses, partners, close friends, etc.,” wrote Dan Mager, MSW, on Psychology Today in 2016. “Active addiction destabilizes the home environment, disrupts family life and muddling relationships, and often compromises finances, as well as mental, […]
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Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a powerfully transformative, evidence-based model of psychotherapy, based on the idea that the mind is naturally multiple. This multifaceted mind is considered normal and not pathological. “Our inner parts contain valuable qualities and our core Self knows how to heal, allowing us to become integrated and whole,” explains the IFS […]