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Recovery Coaching:
A Guide to Coaching People
in Recovery from Addictions
Second Edition
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Category Archives: Pornography
What is a recovery coach?
In 2013, I published Recovery Coaching – A Guide to Coaching People in Recovery from Addictions, since then the duties and responsibilities of recovery coaches, peer recovery support specialists and professional recovery coaches have expanded significantly. In this article, I … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, behavioral health, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, opioid epidemic, Pornography, pornography addiction, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Association of Recovery Community Organizations, CCAR, Conneticut Community for Addiction Recovery, medicated supported recovery, medication assisted treatment, peer recovery coach, peer support specialists, peer to peer support specialist, recovery coach, recovery community organizations, sober companion
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Lions, Tigers, Bears and the Yellow Brick Road to Recovery
This is a guest post by Steve Devlin, a recovery coach from Philadelphia PA, and a long time friend. I chose to post this over the Holiday weekend, because it brings me such joy, and brings back wonderful memories of watching … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, behavioral health, body dismorphia, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Family Dynamics, Hunger, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, opioid epidemic, Pornography, pornography addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged recovery, recovery coach, Steve Devlin, Wizard of Oz
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Getting through the tough times
As a recovery coach, I often see my clients need help getting through the tough times, without using, picking up or acting out. Recently, I personally encountered some rough patches in my life, so, I went to my library of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Alcoholism, Anger, behavioral health, body dismorphia, Drug Addiction, eating disorder, Family Dynamics, Gambling Addiction, Hunger, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, love avoidant, mental health, opioid epidemic, Pornography, pornography addiction, Positive Thinking, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction
Tagged Addiction, breath work, Buddhism, Buddhist Nun, Cape Breton Nova Scotia, chodron foundation, Gampo Abbey, mkrecoverycoaching.com, Pema Chodron, when things fall apart
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The Top Ten Warning Signs You Are Talking to a Catfisher—Part 3
Are you talking to someone on line? Do you trust them? Could they be a catfisher, a scammer, a scallawag or a con? Last week I outlined some typical characteristics and warning signs of interacting with an online scammer. I … Continue reading
Posted in behavioral health, Internet Addiction Disorder, love addiction, Pornography, pornography addiction, Sex Addiction
Tagged Catching the Catfishers: Disarm the Online Pretenders, catfisher, conman, eharmony.com, match.com, online predator, Predators and Perpetrators Who Are Out to Ruin Your Life, scammer, Tyler Cohen Wood
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Fortify-A free online program to help battle pornography addiction
What would be better than a free program for individuals 20 years and younger to use to battle their porn addiction? After all, statistics show that 93% of all boys have been exposed to pornography by the age of 18, … Continue reading
Posted in Internet Addiction Disorder, Pornography, pornography addiction
Tagged covenant eyes, pornography addiction, pornography addiction in youth, sex addicts anonymous, sex and love addicts anoinymous, sex and love addicts anonymous, sexaholics anonoymous
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K9-Free and Effective Porn Blocker for MacBook and iPhones
As a recovery coach, I have been asked by many a porn addict, “what is an effective block to use on their digital equipment?” I say K9. The added bonus – K9 is free. But it is difficult to install. … Continue reading
Posted in Pornography, Recovery Coaching, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged K9, porn addiction, porn blocker, pornography, Sex Addiction, Todd Love PsyD
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Child Pornography — Part Two
The Child Pornography Industry The pornography industry nets approximately $13 billion dollars of revenue in the United States, alone. Illegal child pornography revenue is around $3 billion annually and is one of the fastest growing businesses online (Top Ten Reviews, … Continue reading
Posted in behavioral health, Family Dynamics, Pornography, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged Center for Problem-Oriented Policing, child pornography, CyberTipLine, Enough is Enough, International Watch Foundation 2014 Annual Report:, Internet Watch Foundation, J Clark Baird, Jerry. Ropelato, My Kid's Browser, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, National Crimes against Children Research Center, National Criminal Intelligence Service, National Juvenile Online Victimization Study, This is your brain on porn, Top Ten Reviews
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Child Pornography – Part One
Possession of child pornography is a felony under federal law, as well as every state. Because I am a recovery coach, I know some offenders, and I had some questions. I wanted to know more about these viewers of child pornography. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Pornography, Sex Addiction, Uncategorized
Tagged child pornography, CyberTipLine, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, pornography, recovery coach
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