In this episode, Paulina Pantyleva and I talk about her personal experience with food and sex addiction, what addiction really is, how they start and her story of an addiction cycle that controlled her life, ruined her confidence, and nearly ended her marriage. Paulina shares the 4-step process that she used to recover and her book that she hopes will bring support to other women suffering from sex addiction in the shadows. Paulina Pantyleva is a pseudonym used due to the stigma of the subject matter. Her book is entitled My Secret Life as a Sex addict. How I repaired the Damage. It is her true story of her struggles with sex and food addiction and how it devasted her relationships, her health, and her spirit, and how, after 40 years, she was able to overcome her struggles. Paulina works as a medical doctor in her day job, and she has a small startup medical practice. She has 25-year-old triplets, and a loving husband. She is now 50 years old, a suburban middle-class woman living on the East Coast. She published her book this year, in 2023 and she hopes it will help other female sex addicts to recover as well. I am your host, Marci Nettles. I have had a lifetime of opportunities where I had the choice to Breakdown or Breakthrough. It is my hope this Podcast may become your light in the darkness, as you listen to the stories of people I consider "heroes." Each one had a point where they too had to choose to either Breakdown or Breakthrough! Thank you for listening! Please reach out for your FREEBIE of the 4 Steps that Paulina used for her recovery at https://www.marcinettles.com//freebies Find Marci at https://www.marcinettles.com marcinettles(.)com