by Tim Martin | Jun 21, 2019 | Porn addiction, Sex Addiction Recovery
Do you remember any of these phrases from your childhood? “Quit being a baby!” “Deal with it!” “Don’t upset me with your problems!” “Don’t you know I’m too busy with your brother to deal with you right now?” If you heard statements like these growing up, you received...
by Tim Martin | May 21, 2019 | Affair Recovery, Betrayal Trauma, Infidelity Recovery, Porn addiction, Sex Addiction Recovery
What do you do when your partner refuses to get help? Despite repeated promises to stop having affairs, talking in online chat rooms, or acting out with a pornography addiction, the behavior continues. A painful pattern forms. Your partner maintains that...
by Tim Martin | May 8, 2019 | Porn addiction, Sex Addiction Recovery
Okay, I admit it. I didn’t like the first time I rode a roller coaster. I must have been about 10 or 12 years old when I hopped aboard Thunder Road at Carowinds near Charlotte, North Carolina. The wooden roller coaster bumped along so jerkily that I thought my...
by Tim Martin | Jan 20, 2019 | Porn addiction, Sex Addiction Recovery
What brought you to this place? It may or may not be the first question that I, as your therapist, will ask you. But it is an essential question that you must ask yourself. What brought you to the point where you’re finally ready to take action? What broke through the...
by Tim Martin | Oct 24, 2018 | Porn addiction, Sex Addiction Recovery
Eighty million a day. That’s how many visitors Pornhub draws—and that is only a single adult site. Any teenager with a laptop or smartphone can access an endless stream of explicit material. Because parental controls frequently fail to filter all adult content, a new...
by Tim Martin | Oct 17, 2018 | Porn addiction, Sex Addiction Recovery
Most people understand what is meant by the physical boundaries of a property line or a backyard fence. But when it comes to personal, emotional boundaries, the concept can get confusing. Knowing how to establish and maintain healthy boundaries isn’t an innate...