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Dr. Eddie Capparucci, a Licensed Professional Counselor certified in treating sex and pornography addiction, joins the Gary Wilkerson Podcast for a conversation on the process of addiction recovery. He explains how finding the root cause of pornography and sexual addiction is the first step to recovery.
Key Points from the Podcast
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Eddie shares his own story of sex addition and womanizing which led to two divorces. He knew he was broken but didn’t know what to do about it. After getting help, he realized he had an intimacy, or attachment, disorder due to unresolved childhood pain.
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Most men who struggle with sexual addiction will try harder to modify their behavior rather than working to get to the core issues causing the addiction. Sex is not the main issue, but a surface symptom.
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We don’t like to sit with emotional discomfort so we will typically distract ourselves with food, video games, sex, shopping, fantasy, etc. which throws off the neurochemical balance of our brain resulting in addiction.
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Dr. Eddie has developed the Inner Child Model to help men realize the negative narratives they believe about themselves from childhood, and then shows them how to replace those lies with the truth of God’s Word.
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If we experienced trauma in our childhood and no one was there to help us work through it, we can end up emotionally stuck in that period of our life surrounded by all that unresolved pain.
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
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Going Deeper: How the Inner Child Impacts Your Sexual Addiction
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Removing Your Shame Label: Learning to Break From Shame and Feel God's Love
by Dr. Eddie Capparucci -
Why Men Struggle to Love: Overcoming Relational Blind Spots
by Dr. Eddie Capparucci
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About Dr. Eddie Capparucci
Eddie Capparucci, Ph.D., LPC, C-CSAS, CPCS, specializes in treating Problematic Sexual Behaviors including pornography. He is the creator of the unique Inner Child Model for the treatment of Problematic Sexual Behaviors. He believes at the heart of most Problematic Sexual Behaviors are unresolved childhood pain points.
He is the administrator of the websites MenAgainstPorn.org and https://sexuallypuremen.com/. He also has written for the blogs Covenant Eyes, Kingdom Works, XXXChurch and Marriage.com. In addition to being a prominent sexual and pornography addiction therapist, he has spoken to numerous organizations regarding the harmful impact pornography has on individuals, relationships, and society.
