Love Over Lust: How Love Overcame the Power of Sexual Addiction

Love Over Lust: How Love Overcame the Power of Sexual Addiction

by Karen Valiant
Love Over Lust: How Love Overcame the Power of Sexual Addiction

Love Over Lust: How Love Overcame the Power of Sexual Addiction

by Karen Valiant

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Overview

We all fall in love. We make a lifetime commitment. We work through lifes ups and downs. But how do we cope with the discovery that our mate has lost his/her soul to the consuming power of multiple addictions? How do we survive the ultimate pain that accompanies sexual addiction?

Love Over Lust is a true story. The stage is set as Mike decides to re-involve himself with his addictive chemical of choice: alcohol. Mike and Karen are going through a stressful period in their lives. Mike's addictive personality is activated as he progresses from social drinking to daily drinking to drunkenness. What began as an innocent curiosity with pornography quickly escalated into a costly relationship with a nude dancer.

The seductive nature of sexual lust nearly destroyed their 14-year marriage. As Mike's secrets are uncovered, Love Over Lust tells the story of Karen Valiant's mission to understand and overcome the chaotic events in their lives.

She shares her shattered spirit with you and her prescription for healing:

...Healing begins with a recovery commitment of the couple.

...Time is the great healer.

...Love is the miracle.

 

 


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781462098255
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date: 07/15/2000
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 168
File size: 215 KB

Table of Contents

Part INow I Understand
It's All About Love3
Love and Faith7
Part IILiving the Lie
Chronicled Events11
Beginning the Journey27
The Woman29
The Man31
The Dream33
The Adjustment35
Warning Signs37
Compromises41
Betrayal and Deception43
Part IIITruth and Recovery
Facing the Truth47
Confrontation51
Shock55
Discovery57
Feelings59
Three Months Later65
Treatment71
The Battle of Good vs. Evil73
Dealings77
Organized Immorality81
So Now the Paranoia is Setting In85
Triggers87
Who is to Blame Anyway?89
The Reaction of His Family91
Your Own Friends and Family93
Forgiveness97
Victimization101
Overcoming the Pain103
Recovery of the Couple107
Nine Months Later111
The Future115
Postscript117
Appendices
The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous123
Al-Anon125
The Sexual Addiction Screening Test (SAST)127
Partners of Sex Addicts129
The Grief Process131
Sexual Addiction133
Manic-Depression or Substance-Induced Mood Disorder135
Recovering Couples Anonymous137
Pornography141
Dysfunctional Families145
References/Bibliography149
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