(Re)defining
Sexual Sin & Betrayal Recovery
Terminology
Sexual Addiction
A state characterized by compulsive participation or engagement in sexual activity, particularly masturbation or sexual intercourse, despite negative consequences.
Adultery
Any relationship where a husband or wife willingly gives their heart, mind, or body to someone who isn’t their spouse to meet a sexual or emotional need that God designed to be met exclusively by their spouse.
Pornography
The portrayal of erotic behavior in words, acts, or representations designed to cause sexual excitement and calculated to stimulate sexual feelings independent of the physical presence of another loved and chosen human being.
Codependency
An emotional and behavioral condition that utilizes active, passive, and/or passive-aggressive tactics to manipulate, control, or enable the actions or responses of another to produce a desired response or result; idolatry.
Recovery
A dynamic, empowering, and holistic process by which an individual recognizes their need for change, and through self-directed action and peer and/or ally support, is able to return or transform to a healthy state of mind, body, and spirit.
