Life After Lust: Stories & Strategies for Sex & Pornography Addiction Recovery

Recovery from sexual addiction is difficult, possible, and worth the effort. Forest knows. He’s been there. Once shackled by shame and secrecy, sex addiction therapist Forest Benedict writes candidly about his personal recovery journey, sharing many science-based strategies for successful recovery. Life After Lust provides a clear recovery roadmap for men and women ready to embark on the heroic path from pain to purpose. All who seek a renewed vision for recovery will find help and hope within the pages of this book.

Life After Lust is strategically structured into 3 sections: Mindset, Mastery, and Mission. Each section provides a series of chapters aimed at examining specific Essential Mindsets, Skills to Master, and Missions to Accomplish for the successful recovery journey. For those desiring greater guidance, the book provides Your Recovery Roadmap: A 52-Week Plan, which includes weekly readings from Life After Lust as well as assignments aimed at supporting early and long-term recovery.

Life After Lust is unlike any recovery book available today. Not only does this book guide the reader into intentional personal growth but also frames the pursuit of a meaningful life as a byproduct of successful recovery. Endorsed by many leading experts in the field of sexual addiction treatment, Life After Lust is written for women and men from varying backgrounds. Life After Lust is the ideal book to accompany a recovery or treatment program and it is recommended that readers use it in conjunction with therapy for the greatest benefit, whenever possible. While written for sex and pornography addicts, Life After Lust is helpful for parents and partners as well.