When Life Falls Apart During the Holidays
When life falls apart during the holidays, we can learn to cope by practicing surrender.
Contrasting Healthy Sexuality & Pornographic Portrayals of Sexuality
Many people erroneously think of pornography as a substitute or preparation for healthy sexual relations. Healthy sexuality and intimacy, however, stand in sharp contrast to pornographic portrayals of sexuality.
Self-Identifying as a Sexual Addict. Shaming or Empowering?
By Steven Croshaw, PresidentSA Lifeline Foundation: Recovering Individuals, Healing Families I tried to stop using pornography and sex with self hundreds of times, only to return to these unwanted behaviors again and again. For decades, feeling toxic shame and incredible fear I chose to hide my sexual acting-out behavior. I really wanted to stop and…
Letter to a Faith Leader
What Spiritual Leaders Need to Know A letter from the spouse of an addict… What I Wish Father Leaders Knew About Pornography & Sexual Addiction As a wife working her recovery, when I got to my Step 9 Amends, I knew that some way or somehow, my faith leader would be on the list. I have…
Bonus Q&A Audio- 2022 S.A. Lifeline Conference
The 2022 S.A. Lifeline Conference was a great success with many participants asking some insightful questions throughout the day. We set aside a full hour at the end for Q& A, but quickly found that was not sufficient time to answer the dozens of questions that came in. Here is a bonus audio recording recently…
Question: How Do You Help Someone Who’s New to Sobriety & Recovery?
UPDATED: 6.17.20 This post was provided by one of our SAL members. It has been updated recently. We look forward to discussion on the topic of helping those who are new to sobriety and recovery. Thanks for your feedback and experience. This question has come up a lot lately: “How do you help someone who’s…
To My Friends and Family, What I Wish You Knew…
This blog post was submitted from a friend working SAL recovery. Thanks to her for putting her heart into this post and being a voice for so many women. Please offer your comments and gratitude for her share as well. Dear friends, family, parents, church leaders, children, siblings, co-workers, neighbors, acquaintances and anyone else in…
Additional Q&A Questions Answered from our 2019 Conference
If you were able to attend or purchase the 2019 S.A. Lifeline Conference on September 21st, 2019, you will remember our excellent Q&A panel. With the help of our efficient moderator, we were able to get through an unprecedented number of questions with our excellent panel. However, several questions were left unanswered. We want to…
5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Addiction, Trauma & Recovery
This past Saturday, S.A. Lifeline welcomed over 200 people in-person and 60 online viewers to our annual Conference. The keynote speakers were top-notch, the best of the best. It was a day full of information, connection, and cathartic healing. We are so grateful for Dr. Hilton, Dr. Steffens, and Dr. Moore, and their willingness to…
The Pathway to Healing from Trauma
Hopefully you have heard the exciting news that Dr. Barbara Steffens will be speaking at the S.A.Lifeline Fall Conference on September 21st, 2019. About a decade ago, Dr. Steffens’s research transformed the treatment of partners of sex addicts from a co-addict model to a trauma model. For many of us in the S.A.Lifeline community,…