Review: I Am Reading This Book About Porn Addiction for a Friend

NOTE FROM JOSH: I just wanted to share with you one of the first reviews of my book, this one from Ashley Peterson at MentalHealthatHome.Org. Please, follow her blog. It'll teach you 10 times more about mental health than you'll learn in any classroom. Thank you to Ashley for reviewing the book and making this…

Hey Former Addicts, We Have the Same Disease: Addiction

A couple of days ago, a friend who has written books about her addiction approached me about a project. I won't share details about her here because it could make her identifiable and I don't want to do that. This isn't about her. She is involved in creating a book that would feature addicts of…

The Article Where The Website Owner Explains Where He’s Been

How the heck did you find your way to PAddictRecovery? What you are reading is the first article of a revamped website that was once known as RecoveringPornAddict. Most of the original guts are still here, but the epic project of transforming what was once just a blog in late 2017 for a guy simply…

In Recovery and Addiction, Be Good to Others with Different Beliefs

When I ask people to guest post, it's usually because they have a point-of-view that I don't. I'm not suggesting anything overly radical, but they just have a different way of looking at addiction and recovery. Often, that means people with strong spiritual connections and beliefs. Morality usually plays a big part in spirituality, especially…

Is There An Actual Definition of Pornography?

In the over 200 interviews or presentations I've given about pornography, there's one question that comes up more than every other, and I think a lot of people who are very passionate about this subject still haven't answered it in their own mind: Is there an actual definition of pornography? I do want to state…