Hi, my name is Jacob and I am a grateful, recovering sex addict. I’ve been sober for a little while – long enough for the hangover to pass and the fog to start to lift.
My name is not really Jacob, by the way. However, if you’ve read your Old Testament, you may remember that the name “Jacob” means “deceiver”. In that sense, Jacob is what you should call me, for I am truly a deceiver.
Just as Jacob deceived those in his life thousands of years ago, I am a deceiver of family, friends, my spouse, my children … even of myself. I have deceived for so many years that it’s hard to think of a time when I didn’t.
Please don’t judge me. You probably know me … though the likelihood that you actually do is quite slim. But I’ll almost guarantee that you know someone just like me. The problem is that neither you nor they know that they are a sex addict. Or maybe they do know but you can’t tell and they certainly don’t want you to know.
Yes, there are others out there – like me – who are sex addicts and don’t realize it. My prayer is that someone will find hope and courage through what is written here and take the journey to recovery themselves.
I know the road to full recovery is a long one. Yet it’s a journey that I’ve begun and I hope that someone – even one person – will join me on it.
Come along. The only thing you have to lose is your own deception.
Jacob The Addict 