When sex and substance abuse merge

If you want to make permanent change, stop focusing on the size of the problem and start focusing on the size of yourself.

When substance abuse is consistently combined with the pursuit and experience of highly arousing sexual or pornographic material, these paired behavioral patterns become mutually reinforcing. Over time, even simple sexual fantasies or memories can become psychological triggers for substance abuse, and vice versa. Eventually, material and sexual activities become so closely intertwined that one behavior inevitably leads to the other. For this type of dual addict, getting drunk/drugs and seeking/finding/engaging in sex become a single coexisting addiction.

today’s task
Consider the possibility that you may have a mixed substance/sex addiction, and that you may need to recover from both issues at the same time.