Dealing with an affair

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Dealing with an affair

Often times people want to know what’s the difference between an affair in a relationship in which the affair represents a breakdown in the relationship and it can be something that a couple can learn from, from somebody who say, is a sexual addict who has multiple relationships in which there is a different treatment process.

Certainly when there’s an addiction, you need addiction approaches and other approaches to manage that long term. There are situations in which for couples, in which the affair is related to a loss of intimacy, and so forth in a relationship. And it’s more relational init’s causative nature. Here is the problem though, even in those situations, there is a similarity between he partners of that group and partners of sex addicts. Trust is always a casualty in that relationship. Even if it was a one time affair.

Now, couples can start over. They can begin a new journey. They can learn from it. They can get more intimate. But the wound, the injury to the partner and to the relationship doesn’t go away. It has to always be managed. And that is true whether there is an addiction or not an addiction.