Here are what men who have gone through the Inner Child Recovery Process have to say about the program and what it has meant to their sex/porn addiction recovery.
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Understanding my inner child has helped manage my sexual addiction by getting to the root of the actual issue – and it wasn’t about sex. The treatment process taught me to become more self-aware of current negative events; identify my thoughts and feelings and see how they relate to events from childhood. The Inner Child Process has changed my life and has made me a better man.
Understanding my inner child has helped me connect my acting-out behaviors with past wounds and negative experiences. It also helped me identify several old lies I believed about myself and the negative emotions those lies generated in me. Finally, I learned how my inner child likes to avoid these emotions in seeking comfort by acting out. Once I grasped the relationship with my little guy, I was able to start addressing the source of the pain instead of just running from it like I always have. I love the new me and I love my inner child.
M.B
I always thought my sex addiction was because I lacked control or had a super-high sex drive. But after going through the Inner Child program I realized I used sex to soothe my fear of abandonment. I never knew I had that fear, but my inner child did. That knowledge gives me power to stay ahead of my addiction and has kept me sober for over 18 months.
After exploring my inner child and the triggers that can initiate a negative response; I am better equipped to pause and examine what is he feeling that is coming to the surface. Being honest with myself and realizing that the memory or past experiences are no longer a part of my current reality, but the inner child is miss processing a situation that I often tried to soothe with my sexual addiction. The feelings are often miss interpreted and the inner child throws up a defense to the deeper emotions I need to face with a more rational and current perspective.
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I hit rock bottom and attempted suicide before meeting Eddie and going through the Inner Child Recovery Process program. I never thought the day would come when I would be free of a sex addiction that nearly cost me my wife, family and career. Understanding the emotional triggers that activate my inner child and learning to be mindful of them helped me escaped the nightmare of my sex addiction. I will be forever thankful that I discovered my inner kid.
I had tried everything including numerous counselors and different support groups, but nothing helped me get rid of my addiction to pornography until I met my inner child. At first, I thought it was a crazy idea but it’s not. It works. I am thrilled to say I have not looked at pornography or masturbated in more than two years. And my wife and I have a great sex life!
The most interesting thing about this program is not only did it help me learn to deal with my sex addiction, but it also made me a completely different guy. Just ask my wife! I now know how to identify my true emotions and I’m not afraid to share them. I also am more engaged with the people around me instead of just being present. If you’re struggling with a sex addiction, you owe it to those you love to try the inner child approach.
Eddie told me when I first met him, this approach is 80% about self-reflection and he was absolutely right. I learned so much about myself, including past pains that I had stuffed down for decades, by connecting with my inner child. Pornography is a thing of the past and I believe it will stay that way because I have learned to emotionally connect with my wife and kids. And that is what I needed but didn’t have before getting to know my inner child.
I never realized I was emotionally immature until I met my inner child. It was both eye opening and humiliating. It also was life changing. I needed to grow up emotionally so I could become the man my wife and children deserve. I hope all men who are struggling with a porn addiction find this program.