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Focusing on Me
Nov 11, 2024
It was fall of 2006. I had been attending S-Anon meetings for a few months, but had not yet begun to write out the steps. I was starting to absorb some ideas about what healthy and unhealthy behaviors in me...
Read MoreMy Daughter’s Sexaholism
Mar 7, 2022
My daughter was the second sex addict who deeply affected my life. Her sexaholism drew her into a relationship with a person who was on probation and had a criminal record. She would listen to no one; she had all...
Read MorePeople Who Understood my Pain
Oct 12, 2021
I went to my first meeting immediately after learning that my husband’s string of affairs was an addiction to lust. I was in so much pain from the discovery of the betrayal I was desperate enough to try anything. I...
Read MoreLetting Go of My Need to Control
Mar 1, 2017
S-Anon is helping me to see that just as lust is a serious problem for the sexaholic, my need to control is also a serious problem for me. When that character defect of being controlling is active in my life,...
Read MoreFinding Peace in My Fellowship
Feb 7, 2017
Before I had a name for it, I felt the presence of sexaholism creeping into our homes: less laughter, more criticism, lies, excuses, hostility, no eye contact and, perhaps most painful, the emotional distance in our sexual relations. I felt...
Read MoreSponsorship…Understanding
Dec 28, 2016
I asked a member to be my sponsor because I felt I needed to connect with someone regularly. I don't talk to her every day, but she has heard my story more completely than anyone else, and when I call...
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