Thought for the Week Timothy D. Stein, MFT, CSAT November 5, 2012 A Labyrinth A labyrinth is a formation that looks like a maze. However, unlike a maze which presents choices to make about turning left or right, the only choice in a labyrinth is to continue going or to turn back. Labyrinths have been used in various spiritual communities as guides to prayer and meditation. When you move through a labyrinth, you move in a circular pattern that sometimes takes you closer to the goal and sometimes takes you away from the goal until finally you arrive at the center of the labyrinth. The […]
Podcast Powered By Podbean Why Understanding Your Motivation for Sobriety is Important and Helpful in Recovery Timothy D. Stein, MFT, CSAT October 30, 2012 Knowing your motivation for sobriety is really a key to successful ongoing sobriety in recovery from sex addiction. As a sex addict, you have to understand that while there are times that staying sober is easy, there will also be times when staying sober is really hard. These challenging times are experienced in many ways: you are white knuckling it, you are hanging on to sobriety for dear life, your addict mind is trying to convince you […]
Podcast Powered By Podbean Don’t Let the Bees In: One Common Path to Relapse and How to Avoid It By Tim Stein, MFT, CSAT October 25.2012 Let’s talk about not letting in the bees. One of the ways that I see people who are sex addicts relapse is they make the mistake of thinking that their addiction is a “thing” on the other side of the door. You’ve been an addict for a long time and there is a draw that your addiction has. It’s not uncommon for addicts to, in some ways, miss their addictive behaviors. It’s almost like […]
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