Mending a Shattered HeartWhen your partner betrays, what are the first steps to picking up the pieces of your shattered heart? Many unsuspecting people wake up every day to discover their loved one, the one person whom they are supposed to trust completely, has been living a life of lies and deceit because they suffer from a disease-sex addiction. This is a disease shrouded in secrecy and shame. This is your go-to-guide for what to do when you discover your partner is a sex addict. Each chapter is based on frequently asked questions by partners such as: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Is This Going to Get Better? How Do I Set Boundaries and Keep Myself Safe? and What Should I Tell the Kids? |
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This book was very helpful and well written
User Review - ldwo - Overstock.comFor women who are living with an addict this book is extremely helpful. She is an expert in the field and used other experts in the book to provide help for women in this situation. If you are not in this situation the book would not be helpful. Read full review
Contents
Is This Going to Get Better? | |
Should I Stay or Should I | |
How Do I Set Boundaries and Keep Myself | |
What about Me and My Sexuality? | |
What Can the Twelve Steps Do for | |
How Can I Begin to Take Care of Myself? | |
Specific Situations | |
How Does Sex Addiction and Infidelity Affect | |
Straight Guise Is My Partner Gay? | |
I Have Decided to Go What Do I Need | |
The Twelve Steps of Sex Addicts Anonymous | |
About the Authors | |
Other editions - View all
Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts Stefanie Carnes No preview available - 2008 |
Mending a Shattered Heart: A Guide for Partners of Sex Addicts Stefanie Carnes No preview available - 2011 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Mending a Shattered Heart |
| Authors | Stefanie Carnes, Christopher Gallegos |
| Publisher | eBookIt.com, 2012 |
| ISBN | 0983271356, 9780983271352 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › › Family & Relationships / Marriage Family & Relationships / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships Self-Help / Substance Abuse & Addictions / General |
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