What We Really Want: Conversations About Connection

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It's been said, "The opposite of addiction is not sobriety...the opposite of addiction is connection." Awaken (awakenrecovery.com) helps men and women whose lives have been wrecked by sexual addiction and sexual betrayal trauma experience the lives they were created to live. This happens when we are able to identify what we're really looking for when we act out... when we find out what we really want. Through conversations about healthy connection, we invite ALL men and women - not just those struggling with sexual brokenness - to discover and start getting what we REALLY want.

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