Customized Intensive Sex Addiction Program Recovery from addiction requires strength and commitment. It’s common for recovering people to feel as if they are swimming up a creek without a paddle. It is hard work and it’s easy to get pulled backward. Novus’s...
It is believed that more than 200,000 Americans are addicted to porn. As with most addictions, some of these individuals recognize that they have a problem, while others just feel that they are doing what they have to do in order to feel normal or happy. While...
Now a month into the COVID-19 pandemic, lots of us are facing new kinds of anxiety and stress that our quarantined lives have brought on. But what many of us have forgotten is that there are recovering addicts who cannot jeopardize their recovery. Isolation and...
When you think of your favorite things, you probably experience a flood of sensory images. Your favorite foods smell spiced and sweet; your favorite colors are vivid and bright. The things we tend to do —and should—bring us pleasure. Unfortunately, addictions also...
Perhaps you or a loved one have been struggling with addiction for some time now, but as much as you commit to sobriety during rehab or therapy, as soon as you get back into your “world”, you fall right back into your old ways. Those same friends keep inviting you...
Due to the perception that many addictions result in self-gratifying behavior (i.e. chasing a high, being sexually fulfilled, letting go of stress, partying with abandon, etc.), many people believe that addiction is a choice. It can be quite hurtful to the person...
