Ep. 020 | White-Knuckling vs True Recovery: The Road Map to Healing Sexual Addiction

Ep. 020 | White-Knuckling vs True Recovery: The Road Map to Healing Sexual Addiction

August 3, 2026 · 58 min · Episode 20

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The episode discusses the roadmap to true recovery from sexual addiction, emphasizing the difference between sobriety and recovery.

What does a true recovery roadmap look like? Does reaching the final destination simply mean stopping the addictive behaviors? In Episode 20, we welcome back Matt Wenger, Clinical Director at the Begin Again Institute, for part two of a conversation on healing sexual addiction. We get practical about the difference between sobriety and recovery, signs that someone is ready to address his/her addiction, how an unfaithful spouse can support a traumatized partner while doing their own healing, a...

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