As an adult, I’ve held onto a dream that I wanted to have a career that was dog related. If I could turn back time I’d probably study to become a veterinarian. I’ve come to the age where I’m realising that I only have one life and I should get into doing the things I really [...]
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Sex & Love Addiction Help
Posted in 12 Step, Addiction, Anxiety, bipolar disorder, Books, Codependency, Depression, Medication, mental illness, SAnon, Self Harm, Self Help/Support Groups, Thoughts, tagged Amazon.com, American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Love Addiction, love addiction help, love addiction suicide, love addicts, love avoidants, love fantasies, Obsessive–compulsive disorder, Patrick Carnes, romance fantasies, SA, SAnon, sex addict, sex addiction suicide, Sex Addicts Anonymous, Sexual addiction, sexual fantasies, sexual thoughts, Sexuality, SLAA, Substance dependence, Twelve-step program, unwanted fantasies on September 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
As I suffer from generalised anxiety disorder and various OCD symptoms such as the need to have things orderly, clean and perfect, I was wondering whether love and sex addiction is classed a form of OCD. Some experts believe that sexual addiction is literally an addiction, directly analogous to alcohol and drug addictions. Other experts believe [...]
Tired of Codependency
Posted in 12 Step, Addiction, Books, Codependency, SAnon, Thoughts, tagged 12 Step Program, addiction, addictive relationships, alcoholic home life, coaddict, coaddiction, CODA, codependency, codependency games, Facing Love Addiction, growing up in an alcoholic home, Love Addiction, Love Avoidant, Pia Mellody, SAA, SAnon, sex addiction, SLAA, unhealthy relationships on August 31, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m tired of being a codependent, I’m tired of the same old games/scenarios. They get us nowhere, it pushes us back further into an abyss. Last night I picked up the book “Facing Love Addiction” by Pia Mellody which my counsellor recommended to me. I was absolutely gobsmacked at the games two codependents play with each other (unknowingly). [...]
