Sex in recovery: a meeting between the covers

Description

An important part of the recovery journey is exploring what it means to have an intimate relationship in sobriety. Many of us have never experienced sex in a healthy relationship without being numbed out with drugs and alcohol. The concept of sober sex may seem like uncharted waters and leave you feeling like you don?t know how to swim. In this groundbreaking book, Jennifer Matesa explores how you, as a person in recovery, can reclaim your God-given sex powers and experience the honest physical pleasure that fulfills your need for healthy connection and intimacy.;Introduction -- Amy: running around the apples -- The infamous one-year rule -- Don: doing the dishes -- Virginity -- Hayden: forgiveness can heal -- Trauma and shame -- Therèse: choosing pleasure over God -- Touch -- Linda: reaching out with no expectations -- Pleasure -- Drø: what is true respect? -- Honesty and vulnerability -- Samuel: giving up the secret fantasies -- Privacy and secrecy -- Elaine: "my body is waking up" -- Consequences -- Joseph: finding sex that's healthy and exciting -- Sexual surrender -- Maria Luz: what we stole from others and ourselves -- Amends -- Gabriel: discovering unconditional love in community -- Sex before and after marriage -- Tom: the self-respect earned in recovery -- Olivia: about owning your sexuality -- Afterword -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- About the author.