Recovery Support

003-RSKB Not Just Sobriety

Weekly podcast intended to support you in your recovery from sexual compulsivity, NOT intended to take the place of your 12-step program or your individual therapy. Not Just Sobriety Not really an addict?  Don't need a 12-step program to control your sexually compulsive behavior?  Maybe.  That's no reason to ignore meetings and work the steps.  Kevin explains why in this episode of Recovery Support With Kevin Bergen, MA, MFT. This week’s references and readings included Allen Berger, PhD 12 Stupid Things That Mess Up Recovery Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D. Compassion and Self-Hate Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous 9th Step Promises p. 83

002-RSKB Thought Replacement

Weekly podcast intended to support you in your recovery from sexual compulsivity, NOT intended to take the place of your 12-step program or your individual therapy. Thought Replacement Do you ever struggle with intrusive thoughts?  Is it difficult to control what you think about?  Kevin shares an effective tool that has helped many people stay in control of their thought process in this episode of Recovery Support With Kevin Bergen, MA, MFT. This week’s references and readings included Sexaholics Anonymous White Book Copyright © 1989-2008 SA Literature. Used with permission of SA Literature Retired Navy Captain Gerald Coffee was shot down while flying combat missions over North Vietnam.  Much of his 7 years as a P.O.W. was in solitary confinement.  His keynote address, Beyond Survival, inspires people with hope, faith, and the invincibility of the human spirit. Rudyard Kipling's poem, IF

001-RSKB Asking for Help

Weekly podcast intended to support you in your recovery from sexual compulsivity, NOT intended to take the place of your 12-step program or your individual therapy. Getting SUPPORT in Your Recovery Ever decided you would stop your compulsive sexual behavior?  Ever think you could do it alone?  Few people like to ask for help.  Kevin Bergen discusses this problem in this episode of Recovery Support With Kevin Bergen, MA, MFT. This week's references and readings included Sexaholics Anonymous White Book Copyright © 1989-2008 SA Literature. Used with permission of SA Literature Man Enough, Frank Pittman, M.D. A novel, Women in Love, D. H. Lawrence (also a movie by the same name--the same scene referenced by Dr. Pittman is portrayed effectively in the film, although the film as a whole depicts a very unhealthy sense of sex and would likely trigger anyone in sexual recovery) Men in Groups, Lionel Tiger