Understanding Addiction in Healing

Host Steve Cuss sits down with Matt Wenger for a candid conversation about addiction, intimacy, and healing. Together, they unpack the complexities of sexual addiction, the ripple effects it has on loved ones, and why recovery is best understood as a "team sport." Matt highlights the power of vulnerability, group support, and true intimacy as antidotes to the false connections addiction promises. Steve and Matt also shine a light on betrayal trauma experienced by partners, offering hope, empathy, and pathways toward healing for everyone impacted.

Episode Resources:

• Explore Matt’s work at the Begin Again Institute

• Understanding the Signs and Causes of Betrayal Trauma

• Romans (from the New Testament) - It is mentioned in the context of discussing sin as an infection or condition rather than solely a moral issue.

• Read The Great Commandment (in Luke, Matthew, and Mark’s gospels)

• Read Romans 8:38-39 

• Read Romans 7 (Paul discuss sin struggles)

• More about Matt Wenger

Other Media:

• Steve & Clarissa Moll discuss the Four Spaces of Anxiety

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