Shattering the Silence

(By Cecil Murphey) As a child who never experienced love or affection from this father, I was easily marked for victimization. But more than...

(By Cecil Murphey) I don't know the answers to every problem—even though I may sound as if I do. I don’t understand why some of us gain ...

(By Cecil Murphey) "You did so much for me." Monroe ran up to me, embraced me, and thanked me. He thought I had done so much; I fe...

(By Cecil Murphey) I've never been stimulated by or addicted to pornography. I suppose the major reason is because it wasn't availab...

(By Cecil Murphey) One of the most distasteful sentences I hear from other survivors goes like this: "I acted out." I call it dist...

Nathan Albright contacted me after reading the book Gary Roe and I wrote, Not Quite Healed , which he read as a reviewer for Author Blog Tou...

(This post comes from John Joseph.) One of the first books I read in my recovery was Lonely All The Time: Recognizing, Understanding, a...