Sex in Recovery

A Meeting Between the Covers

By: Jennifer Matesa

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Paperback | 1 September 2016

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If sobriety and the start of your recovery journey coincided with the arrival of the coronavirus pandemic, you're experiencing "sober firsts" in a whole new world. This book offers a candid and compassionate invitation to the tender territory of sober sexuality.

Healthy sexuality within the context of recovery is rarely talked about openly, in part because the larger culture restricts the space required to name our experiences in open, honest ways. Matesa gives us that space by bringing the language of recovery to this more hidden part of our healing, allowing us to truly "practice these principles in all our affairs."

Sexuality in the context of recovery is rarely talked about openly, in part because our broader culture may inhibit us from sharing our true experiences. For some, the prospect of sober sex feels like uncharted waters-in the past, we've rarely had sex without first numbing ourselves with drugs and alcohol. What does it mean to have an intimate relationship in sobriety? Exploring that question deepens our recovery journey.

With this groundbreaking work, Jennifer Matesa uncovers the challenges real people encounter when they start taking their clothes off-without drinking or using in order to do so. Providing readers "a meeting between the covers," Matesa blends first-person accounts bravely shared by diverse members of the recovery community, insights from experts, and her own perspectives. The result is a book that creates a space for a vital, new dialogue about sexuality and intimacy. As we find a common language for this more hidden aspect of our healing, we can truly "practice these principles in all our affairs."

Industry Reviews

"Sex in Recovery is a work long overdue. In a frank, personal, and highly personable way, Jennifer Matesa opens a topic usually only whispered about: the essential role of sexual healing in sobriety. Many readers will be grateful to her."
--Gabor Mate, MD, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
In this beautifully written work, Jennifer Matesa accomplishes a herculean task. For decades, clinicians have struggled to assist patients in integrating healthy sex lives into robust recovery programs. At the same time, traditional Twelve Step programs have promulgated rules that shamed and denied their members sexuality. Sex in Recovery resolves this disconnect. Through compelling narrative descriptions, it gives its readers a map to navigate, resolve, and embrace their sexuality in its most rewarding expression.
--Dr. Paul Hokemeyer, JD, PhD"
""Sex in Recovery" is a work long overdue. In a frank, personal, and highly personable way, Jennifer Matesa opens a topic usually only whispered about: the essential role of sexual healing in sobriety. Many readers will be grateful to her."
--Gabor Mate, MD, author of "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction"
In this beautifully written work, Jennifer Matesa accomplishes a herculean task. For decades, clinicians have struggled to assist patients in integrating healthy sex lives into robust recovery programs. At the same time, traditional Twelve Step programs have promulgated rules that shamed and denied their members sexuality. "Sex in Recovery" resolves this disconnect. Through compelling narrative descriptions, it gives its readers a map to navigate, resolve, and embrace their sexuality in its most rewarding expression.
--Dr. Paul Hokemeyer, JD, PhD"
"Sex in Recovery" is a work long overdue. In a frank, personal, and highly personable way, Jennifer Matesa opens a topic usually only whispered about: the essential role of sexual healing in sobriety. Many readers will be grateful to her.
--Gabor Mate, MD, author of "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction"
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