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My Secret Life with a Sex Addict

From discovery to recovery

Are you worried your spouse is a sex addict? You're not alone, there are estimated to be 16,000,000 people who exhibit this addiction. This book offers you a path out after discovery all the way to recovery.

Emma Dawson was worried and when she confronted it, she found out her worst fears were real. Her husband was a sex addict. He'd had dozens of affairs and worse... His behavior was destructive, persistant and escalating. She felt trapped, alone, afraid and more...

But now... after education and support, she realized she was not alone. Her desire to help others who are currently in or suffering the devastating effects of loving a sex addict inspired her to write this book. Let her experience help you!

Emma sought to educate herself about sex addiction. She learned that its potential for devastation is at least as strong as that of other, more familiar addictions, such as drug, gambling or alcohol addiction. These addicts are attempting to manage feelings of anger, loneliness and emptiness. Those who are in a relationship with such an addict will find them to be selfish, needy and preoccupied.


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This clinical psychologist's recommended reading list
if your life has suddenly turned upside down
or you are heal from a broken relationship and move on

Life After Divorce

Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse

After discovering the infidelity or sex addiction of a spouse, divorce is often the next step. Divorce is survivable, not only that, it can be quite liberating, freeing you to truly live again.

ISBN: 1558742824

Surviving Separation and Divorce

Lorianne Heff Oberlin, M.S.

When people are in a stressful situation they forget to look after themselves. This book offers some suggestions on how to look after yourself.

ISBN: 1593372760

The Journey from Abandonment

Susan Anderson C.S.W.

There is not a pill to cure the heartbreak of rejection but this book is helpful with those feelings.

ISBN: 0425172287

After the Affair

Janis Abrahms Spring Ph.D.

It is easy to lose your identity when a relationship is breaking up. This book will help you understand and rebuild your identity.

ISBN: 0060928174

Back from Betrayal:Recovering from His Affair

Jennifer P. Schneider, M.D.

The focus is on the issues and concerns of the partner of a sex addict.

ISBN: 0345367863

Beyond Codependency: And Getting Better All the Time.

Melody Beattie

She explores the recovery process, shame and family-of-origin issues in dysfunctional relationships.

ISBN: 0894865838

Your Sexually Addicted Spouse

Barbara Steffins, Ph.D., LPCC

Clinical information can be found in this book.

ISBN: 0882823094

HELP! I'm In Love With A Narcissist

Steven Carter and Julia Sokol

This book provides tools to see the connection between narcissism and addiction.

ISBN: 1590770773

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My Secret Life with a Sex Addict
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Prologue

"Me? You've got to be insane!" With that my husband stalked from the room. Just diagnosed as a sex addict, he was angry with the therapist and highly offended by the label. When he came home and told me, I had a million questions. I had never heard the term sexual addiction and knew nothing about its implications.

I was not alone in being uneducated about this syndrome. Many people reacted to the term "sex addict" with ignorance, misunderstanding and even cruelty. Some laughed at me as though I was being facetious. It made me feel like a fool when I so wanted and needed some compassion. I still brace myself when I use the term. Perhaps the most common reaction is what I call the "titter response." Both men and women will snicker, "That sounds like fun!" or "You mean you're complaining?" Men will often comment "More power to him!" There also is an assumption that the partner of the sex addict must be sexually inadequate, or perhaps that the addict indulges in a variety of "kinky" behaviors. Because of our cultural admiration of sexual prowess, sex addiction is often viewed as a desirable affliction.

On the contrary, sex addiction is anything but desirable. It encompasses a syndrome of destructive behaviors that can demolish marriages, families and lives. In today's world it is also physically dangerous.

It is time to share the story I hope will be helpful to other spouses or significant others of sex addicts. This is my own story, detailing my experiences and expressing my feelings frankly and fully, so that people in similar situations may compare them with their own.

At the beginning of our turbulent times, I began recording my thoughts, feelings and recollections of our conversations. In this book, my focus is on my personal experience and my feelings as I struggled to define and understand them. The story is also intended to help others identify, understand and solve the dilemma of having a relationship with an addict, particularly a sex addict. The education and clinical experience I have acquired as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker enhance my story. Since facing my husband's sex addiction, I worked my way through feelings of despair and hopelessness to a point of tranquillity, acceptance and optimism. I hope that my story will provide a confrontation with the reality of sexual addiction, as well as provide the comfort of knowing there are ways to be healed. I invite you along as I share my story of discovery and recovery from an abusive relationship.

All of the facts and events in this book are true. The names and identities of the spouses and other persons have been changed. The locales have been moved to New York.




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