Kindle Notes & Highlights
Activity Checklist in Appendix E.
Self-destructive behavior can put us on the path to a miserable life.
No matter what you have done as a sex addict, you are a child of God.
"As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us" (Psalm 103:12).
When sex is compulsive, however, it becomes a problem. Pascal referred to this emptiness within us—this void, this vacuum that yearns to be filled—as a "God-shaped hole" because he recognized that only God could fill this hole.
An important task of early recovery is recognizing the futility of trying to fill the God-shaped hole with compulsive sexual behavior.
over time, these residual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors will begin to decrease and living a life in recovery will become easier.
You may even find that you experience both anxiety and avoidance in your relationship with God.
Humility supports recovery; a pervasive sense of being inadequate does not.
That you believe in God and what you believe about God are essential to your recovery.
Rather than directly deal with this pain, they distract themselves with work and other activities.
