Speaker library
Browse the latest recovery talks, workshops, and speaker shares across the 12-step fellowships.
Tony shares their experience growing up in a religious household with abuse and early sexualization, leading to a lifelong struggle with addiction and a distorted sense of self-worth. They detail how sex and later dru...
The speaker shares their journey from a childhood lacking love and attention, leading to a life of fantasy and addiction as an escape. They discuss how sex and love became an obsession, a way to fill a void created by...
Chris shares their journey of overcoming unhealthy relationships and finding sobriety through a 12-step program. They emphasize the importance of surrendering self-will to a higher power and embracing acceptance, even...
Jenny, a recovering sex and love addict, shares their journey, starting with their family background of emotional dysfunction despite material comfort, and recounts growing up feeling different, bullied, and lacking e...
Adriana shares their journey as a love addict and codependent, detailing how a relationship crisis led them to seek treatment for love addiction and PTSD, ultimately finding salvation through this program. They recoun...
Will describes growing up in a sexually charged environment in New York, which led them to develop a pattern of seeking out new relationships when one became difficult, resulting in a history of cheating and chaotic b...
Jesse shares their journey in recovery, highlighting the profound challenges of sex and love addiction, which they found even more difficult than substance abuse due to its intrinsic connection to human nature. They e...
Sam C’s addiction to sex and relationships developed from childhood trauma, stemming from witnessing their father’s affair and growing up in an absent home. They found their way into recovery first through Al-Anon, wh...
Sam, an addict and code dependent, shares their story, revealing that their core issue is a belief of unworthiness. They discuss their family history of addiction and co-dependency, and how it shaped their understandi...
The speaker shares their lifelong struggle with sex and love addiction, stemming from childhood trauma in a dysfunctional home and emotional neglect from their father, leading to escaping reality through fantasy and o...