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Healing the Wounds of Sexual Addiction

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This book written about sex addiction from a christian perspective is excellent!It explains boundries and using the 12 step recovery process in an easy to understand format.Written by a former pastor,this book is a wonderful tool for recovery for both the christian and non-christian.

This book hits the nail on the head by dealing with the roots of sexual addiction and giving practical steps toward recovery. If you are ready to be free, then do the hard work of examining your childhood for any abuse or neglect, whether real or perceived, and you'll discover the lies you tell yourself to find comfort in impurity. This is where the real challenge is because we are so afraid of feeling that pain again. But I'm here to tell you that the path to healing is through the pain and discomfort of processing those experiences. Know this...emotional pain will not kill you but the addiction will. You will need help from others to do this but you can and you must do it to rid yourself of this demon. The book gives you all the info and direction to do this.

Excellent book with solid Spiritual and Psychological foundations. The work book that can be bought separately is a very good tool for recovery as well. This book gives the process and the thoughts behind the process of healing from a sexual addiction.

Fabulous book. Beautifully explains the roots of as well as the pain involved in sexual addictions. Gives hope for those who struggle with this and would help friends and family to understand at least in part, what the addict is dealing with. This book recognizes sin as sin, but does so with a spirit of love and not condemnation. It is honest and inspiring.

After discovering my husband's pornography addiction I read this book. If you want to understand what sexual addiction is all about, this is a must read. It is a straight forward education regarding the three building blocks of this addiction. You won't be able to read it all at once as some truths are hard to digest. After years of being lied to and manipulated, my eyes are now opened and I will always be grateful to the author of this book for getting this information out and offering hope to the hopeless.

This book is by far the best I've read on this subject. It doesn't dance around language or issues, but hits the subject head on with Biblical principles. I'd recommend this book (and have) to anyone suffering from sexual addiction.

This was an incredibly informative book and was written with with compassion & professionalism. It was required reading for a counseling class and gave me the ability to be able to view sexual addictions from the view of the addict. I also enjoyed the reference to Christian morals and values with Biblical references.

This book is an excellent read and brilliantly portrayed by a person who has had first hand experience in this area. It integrates knowledge from various aspects and neatly intertwine it to a complete whole and becomes more comprehensing.

Excellent! It may not be the "end all" book, but it does help you begin to understand the addiction. In doing that, it helps the family help each other, hopefully. One of the best parts of the book is in the back. It tells of other sources of help, books, organizations, treatments centers and other things. It gives testimony to the fact that this addiction can be managed one day at a time and eventually you will have more good days behind you than bad days. It gave me hope for my son.

This excellent little book embeds the processes of recovery from sexual addiction in a Christian perspective, without the "sin talk" that you would expect. Laaser takes the "higher power" rhetoric of 12-step programs and makes Biblical references to grace (to overcome the feelings of despair and shame that accompany addiction) and the abiding presence of God as a companion in the journey. There is an excellent section on couples in recovery, and some good advice on getting past the first several months (when the adrenaline rush keeps you honest) and settling in for the long haul. Like most books on this topic, the emphasis is on the compulsive sexual behaviors -- anonymous sex, masturbation, pornography, multiple adulteries -- and the emphasis is on controlling the behavior and overcoming the compulsion rather than making the core changes in self-image and self-awareness that is necessary to keep the addict from displacing the compulsive sexual activity into other behaviors. That's OK -- this is a book for personal recovery, not a counselor's guide for treating an addict. I have recommended this book to several Christian friends and pastors, and more than one Jewish therapist who has appreciated the stories of overcoming temptation that are in Hebrew scriptures.