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  Today's Publisher's Pride is  He's a Porn Addict...Now What?  by Tony Overbay and Joshua Shea , which reached  #228 in sexual addiction & recovery on Amazon and #339 in sexual health recovery. Book description: Admitting you're a drug addict or alcoholic can be difficult, but when it comes to pornography addiction, the pain of betrayal can hit the addict's partner worse than the addict himself. Difficult questions come rushing: Does he look at this stuff because I'm not enough? Was he like this when I first met him? Is this God trying to test me? What kind of help is available for him? Am I just supposed to stay here and deal with this? With  He's a Porn Addict...Now What?: An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions , you'll get pertinent answers from both sides of the equation: from a therapist and from a former pornography addict. Keywords: porn addiction, recovery and healing, spouse and partner support, betrayal trauma, sexual addictio...

  This excerpt comes from  He's a Porn Addict...Now What?  (Overbay and Shea) Does he love porn more than me?   Tony, the mental health professional: At some point in his life, he turned to porn as a coping mechanism. He wasn’t feeling connected to his job, his kids, his health, his church, his parents, and his spouse. He turned to porn because he didn't necessarily know how to connect to his life. Most likely he fell into a habit of turning to porn because he didn’t have the tools to become a better husband, father, or employee; he didn’t have the discipline to get in better shape or write the great American novel. He turned to porn as a coping mechanism. Not everything has to tie back to childhood, but I’ve found that when you have early exposure to pornography, somewhere under age 11 or 12 (the average age of first exposure continues to trend down, it now sits somewhere between 8 and 11) you tend to become sexualized. Back before porn was at ever...

  A just-discovered but out-there-for-a-while book review of  He's a Porn Addict...Now What?  by Overbay and Shea. "The authors aren’t here to judge partner or addict; their goal is to help both find healing. As such, I believe it makes an important contribution to the field." Read the full book review  HERE . Book description: Admitting you're a drug addict or alcoholic can be difficult, but when it comes to pornography addiction, the pain of betrayal can hit the addict's partner worse than the addict himself. Difficult questions come rushing: Does he look at this stuff because I'm not enough? Was he like this when I first met him? Is this God trying to test me? What kind of help is available for him? Am I just supposed to stay here and deal with this? With  He's a Porn Addict...Now What?: An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions , you'll get pertinent answers from both sides of the equation: from a therapist and from a former pornography a...