Table of Contents 
The Most Personal Addiction

Dedicated to all the people who entrusted me with their hopes and allowed me to successfully guide them.

Section 1: The Interviews

  1. What every man needs to know about sex addiction relationships.

  2. Did you regretfully lose a good relationship? Or have you never been in one?

  3. Is the man in your life sexually addicted?

Section 2: How To Get Started Correctly

  1. The Key To Mental Health
    • Why honesty works.
    • How to gain love and knowledge.
    • Overcoming addiction starts here.
  2. You Have What It Takes
    • Give yourself credit for what you've accomplished.
    • How to use your best traits.
    • Learn from the success of others.
  3. Here And Now Naturally
    • The practical advantages of focusing on the present
    • How to use the mind's natural powers
    • How to call on your own inner strength
  4. Rely On Yourself
    • A close look at the Twelve Step program
    • Don't give up sex
    • Where addiction begins and ends
  5. Work With The Mind, Not Against It
    • How to prepare for long-term success
    • What is repression and how to recognize it.
    • How to make stopping a positive experience
  6. How To Be In Control
    • How to stop with dignity
    • How to stop confidently
    • The first step to a lifetime of control over your addiction.
  7. How To Find A Competent Advisor
    • Questions to ask any sex addiction counselor
    • The dangers of using an incompetent
    • The rewards of getting someone who can help you

Section 3: The Unique Nature of Sex Addiction 

  1. Why People Become Addicted
    • The three stages of addiction
    • Do you really want to stop? - and/or
    • Does your partner really want to stop?
  2. Addiction Fairy Tales
    • Myths and facts about addiction you need to know
    • How to use them
  3. Symptoms Of Addiction
    • What to look for
    • How to deal with an addicted person who does not want to admit they're addicted.
  4. What's So Unique About Sex Addiction?
    • The two phases of overcoming addiction
    • Natural addictions vs. substance addictions
  5. How I Overcame Sex Addiction

Dear Joe,

Thank you.

I was about to lose my wife of 10 years and go through my fourth divorce.

You see, I tried the Twelve Step Program no less than 10 times. I sought psychological counseling with five different psychologists not to mention one psychiatrist. I tried religion. My situation seemed hopeless and I was desperate. I sat at my computer and searched on sexual addiction and found your site. I took the interviews. I called you.

First, you helped my wife and I restore the foundation of our marriage.

Then you and I addressed my addictions to strip clubs, massage parlors, prostitutes, masturbation and pornography.

I have reached a point I never thought possible. My marriage is better than I had ever hoped it could be and I know how to keep it this way.

I no longer feel driven, controlled, or helpless to my situation. Joe, you have done something for me no one else has been able to do. I am 50 years old and have been trying to overcome this problem for 25 years. You have taught me how to regain control of my life.

There are good reasons for every principle in your approach. It makes sense. It works. Thank you for the happiness I finally feel in my life.

Roger

(Real name withheld)



 



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