Jerri Jorgensen, co-founder of inpatient addiction treatment center Desert Solace, explained how important self-acceptance is on the road to recovery. Desert Solace teaches clients that “the opposite of addiction is connection.” Jorgensen explained that part of this connection is learning to accept past mistakes and see addictive compulsions as aspects of a disease, rather than moral failings. “Usually addiction of ...

Jerri Jorgensen, co-founder and family liaison at Desert Solace residential addiction treatment center, explains how boundaries can keep families together in the face of addiction. Addiction has a lasting effect on the whole family, not just the person struggling with the addiction. Because of this, addiction treatment is often more effective when it focuses on healing the bonds between family ...

Jerri Jorgenesn, co-founder and family liaison at inpatient porn addiction treatment facility Desert Solace, explained how ‘letting go’ can help clients move toward recovery. Pornography addiction, much like other substance and behavioral addictions, often covers up trauma stemming from stress and unresolved negative emotions, Jorgensen explained. People experiencing pornography addiction may be trying “to avoid, to escape, to numb the ...

Officials from Desert Solace, an inpatient addiction treatment center, discussed the importance of the sponsor-sponsee relationship for those battling addiction. For those who are struggling with addiction, sponsors can make a huge difference, Desert Solace officials said. Sponsors are people who have undergone addiction treatment and are currently in recovery. These individuals help their “sponsees” in their recovery journey, acting ...

The inpatient addiction treatment experts at Desert Solace believe supporting the whole family is an important part of forging a path to recovery. Officials with Desert Solace describe addiction as affecting the whole family. The person who directly struggles with addiction is often using addictive substances or behaviors to numb their pain and shame, while family members try to figure ...

Officials from addiction inpatient rehab Desert Solace explain how porn addiction can lead to sexual anorexia, a dysfunction affecting sexual and emotional intimacy. Desert Solace officials explained that, while the link between pornography addiction and sex addiction seems clear-cut, addiction to pornography can also cause people to withdraw from sex with others due to a condition called sexual anorexia. Sexual ...

Officials from Desert Solace, an inpatient addiction treatment center focusing on substance and behavioral addiction, discuss the connection between trauma and addiction. Desert Solace co-founder and family liaison Jerri Jorgensen explained how many of her clients have underlying trauma feeding their addictions. Jorgensen described addiction as a way in which people maladaptively cope with trauma and other negative emotions. Calling ...

Officials from Desert Solace, an inpatient rehabilitation center for substance and behavioral addiction, describe how reaching out for help can break down the shame at the center of the addictive cycle. Because substance and behavioral addictions both come from an underlying desire to escape pain and shame, Desert Solace officials suggest that opening up about the addiction can be the ...

Officials from Desert Solace, a pornography addiction inpatient rehab, discussed some of the ways pornography addiction and sex addiction are connected. Both pornography addiction and sex addiction are fundamentally behavioral addictions which stem from the desire to numb the pain of shame, said Jerri Jorgensen, co-founder and family liaison for Desert Solace. Jorgensen described out-of-control porn use as “part of ...

Accessibility, affordability and anonymity via modern technology are the “triple A” underlying conditions that allow pornography addiction to spread. With more online pornography available than ever before, it’s easier than ever for people to access pornography cheaply and anonymously. These are thought to be some of the driving reasons for an uptick in pornography addiction. Since pornography has moved from ...