Posts under ‘support groups’

Carry that Weight

Image credit: Photo by Nena B. on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons A few months ago, Mark and I took the kids to a "sensory friendly" movie showing.  Autistic individuals, and others with sensory processing difficulties, can find a typical movie going experience overwhelming.  Movies are loud.  Theaters are dark and often crowded.  The screen [...]

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Cutting Past the Crap

Image credit: Photo by misterbisson on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I went to a great 12 Step meeting this week. A lovely group of women, some of whom I'd never met, sat together and shared the kind of things we usually share as partners of sex addicts. We share about things like incest, physically [...]

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Grief and Recovery

Image credit: Photo by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons When I first found out about my husband's sex addiction, a therapist suggested that I go to a grief support group. The suggestion felt so uncomfortable to me that I never did follow through on it. I thought, "How are these [...]

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New Online Support Group for Sex Addicts

Image credit: Photo bynz(dave) on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons I wanted to let you all know that Ken at My Sex Addiction has started Sex Addict Support, an online support group for sex addicts. This group is for addicts only. Partners are welcome to join the The Junkys' Wives Club, which now has close to [...]

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