Dont Call It Love, Patrick Carnes, PhD
Dont Call It Love, Patrick Carnes, PhD
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Don't Call It Love
Recovery From Sexual Addiction

Author: Patrick Carnes, PhD

Narrator: Roman Howell

Unabridged: 15 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/12/2026

Synopsis

"Dr. Patrick Carnes is a creative, pioneering, and courageous human being. His books are changing the lives of thousands!"Every day people with sexual addictions face the possibility of destruction, risking their families, finances, jobs, dignity, and health. They come from all walks of life: ministers, physicians, therapists, politicians, executives, blue collar workers. Most were abused as children—sexually, physically, or emotionally—and saw addictive behavior in their early lives. Most grapple with other addictions as well, but their fiercest battle is with the most astounding prevalent "secret" disorder in America: sexual addiction. Here is a groundbreaking work by the nation's leading professional expert on sexual addiction, based on the candid testimony of more than one thousand recovering sexual addicts in the first major scientific study of the disorder. This essential volume includes not only the revealing findings of Dr. Carne's research with recovering addicts but also advice from the addicts and co-addicts themselves as they work to overcome their compulsive behavior. Positive, hopeful, and practical, Don't Call It Love is a landmark book that helps us better understand all addictions, their causes, and the difficult path to recovery.

About Patrick Carnes, PhD

Patrick J. Carnes, PhD, is an internationally known authority on addiction and recovery issues. He has authored more than twenty books, including the bestselling titles Out of the Shadows: Understanding Addiction Recovery, The Betrayal Bond, Don't Call It Love, and A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps. Dr. Carnes's research provides the architecture for the "task model" of treating addictions that is used by thousands of therapists worldwide and many well-known treatment centers, residential facilities, and hospitals. He is the founder of the Gentle Path Program, which specializes in dedicated treatment for sexual addiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Monica on April 26, 2009

This book can be a great source of help, encouragement, and understanding for couples where one spouse is struggling with sexual addiction. This book can help the nonaddicted spouse to understand the addiction better and will help to explain how people recover. This helped me feel more patient and h......more

Goodreads review by Pascal on September 13, 2020

Everyone who has suffered or is suffering from addiction to sex, masturbation,porn etc should read this book. Patrick Carnes who is a sex therapist explains how through childhood trauma, often sexual exploitation but also emotionally and physically exploitation we can develop sexual addictive compul......more

Goodreads review by Denise on January 28, 2008

Want to educate yourself about sex addiction? Here's your comprehensive reference.......more

Goodreads review by Ramón on April 20, 2021

Although I don’t share some opinions and some political correctness. This book is a jewel in the field and a classic. Dr. Patrick Carnes had been a person fully dedicated to help those who had been destroyed by this pan sexual culture and abandoned. This book is a must read for those trying to underst......more

Goodreads review by Jason on July 12, 2008

This was a groundbreaking work in a particularly devastating flavor of addiction. The scholarship behind it and the importance of the work is complemented by the conversational tone of the writing. It was timely and helpful and enlightening and I can never say enough about how enlightening I found i......more

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