What Is Escape From Intimacy?
Escape from Intimacy is a fellowship of recovery modeled after the 12 steps and traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.
We use the book Escape From Intimacy by Anne Wilson Schaef to guide us through learning about our relationship, sex, and romance addiction (Step 1), and the book Alcoholics Anonymous to guide us through steps 2 through 12.
You may find that other 12-step fellowships can also help support recovery. These fellowships may include Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, Co-Dependents Anonymous, etc.
We use the book Escape From Intimacy by Anne Wilson Schaef to guide us through learning about our relationship, sex, and romance addiction (Step 1), and the book Alcoholics Anonymous to guide us through steps 2 through 12.
You may find that other 12-step fellowships can also help support recovery. These fellowships may include Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, Co-Dependents Anonymous, etc.
What are Sex, Romance and Relationship Addictions?
Below are generalized descriptions of these diseases.
These brief descriptions are not all-inclusive of the traits of sex, romance and relationship addicts.
If you are interested in finding out if you are a sex romance or relationship addict, please read Escape from Intimacy and join us in the weekly Zoom meetings to connect.
Sex Addictionis an obsession and preoccupation with sex. They define things sexually, or by sexuality, and perceptions and relationships are sexualized.
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Romance Addictionis an obsession with the idea of romance or an obsession with the expectation of the romance happening. Romance can be the idea of a relationship being like a fairytale, the setting or the scenery of a date, or the thrill of an going on a wild adventure.
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Relationship AddictionType 1 is an obsession with the concept of a relationship, any relationship. They move from one relationship to another and relate to an idea of the relationship, not necessarily the person.
Type 2 is an obsession with a relationship with a particular person. They are hooked on the person, and therefore can go through periods of time without a relationship. |
All three types of addictions each may involve a concept called anorexia in which the obsession is to avoid sex, romance or relationships. All three also may include fantasy where the addiction may be based on illusion.