Brianne Davis | Sex and Love Addict, Trauma, Manipulation, Emotional Incest, Addiction, Faith, Recovery, Author & Mentor

<p>Brianne Davis came from a very tumultuous background, growing up with parents that did not have a healthy marriage. Brianne was also exposed to pornography & molested at a young age, and blacked out, not remembering what actually happened. Her parents were constantly fighting. Brianne’s mother would cheat on her father, and she saw the power that this gave her. Brianne’s dad made her feel like she was his partner, which Brianne describes as “emotional incest”.</p> <p>Brianne saw all this as what defined a marriage. So naturally, she wanted nothing to do with marriage and this spawned her promiscuous approach to relationships and men in general. Initially, she got addicted to the butterflies of new relationships. She first cheated on her boyfriend in 8th grade and describes the rush she got from that as similar to the high you would get from heroin. This turned into the manipulation of her sexuality to get what she wanted. She was a cheater, a liar, and a thief. She says she would figuratively “snort & drink” people, getting high off of manipulating them. The other side of this is shutting down sexually all together. She would fear the intimate and legitimate connections in relationships. She felt empty inside and the only thing that would give her self-worth was having control of people’s emotions.</p> <p>She began acting in Hollywood and actually subconsciously mirroring herself in the roles that she would take, saying 95% of the roles she took were sex and love addict characters. When she decided to get help with her addiction, she stopped acting for a year just to adjust and “detox” from that lifestyle. This is when she started writing her book. She realized money, cars, clothes and even “soulmates” don’t matter, it’s about completing who you are and finding that self-love that you’ve been denying yourself.</p> <p>3 million people in the US are Sex & Love addicts, and that was in 2017. The number one reason people lose their sobriety battle with chemical addiction is relationships. Relationships will tak