Question by Hollywood Jono: What exactly is a sex addiction assuming it’s real?
Assuming sex addiction is real and not just something created by the media and therapists looking for new cliental in this recession, what exactly is sex addiction? Is it a dependency or addiction to sex as someone would be addicted to drugs, cigarettes or alcohol, or is it more or less a compulsive disorder where someone will get an idea in their head that they need sex and need it now other wise they don’t feel right and continue to be nagged by this feeling? Or could it be a little of both?

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Answer by Andreas Adry
the second one.. assuming it’s real..

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Question by Billy: What to expect next with friends serious sexual addiction?
My friends sexual addiction is so out of hand. He is up on the intenet all night on manhunt or adam4adam. It is not unusual for him to be with two or three different people a day. When he is not with some one he is looking. It is ruining all of our lives. He won’t admit to the problem It’s getting worse and worse. He cannot support himself sandy more. Along with this he is addicted to crystal. What should we expect next. We cannot afford counseling. I am in orange county California. And can anyone offer advice?

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Answer by Nels N
There are free counseling services and programs. Sometimes schools or churches will have someone with experience in your type of problem for free. Like everything though, less money means less options. I’ve heard that ‘The Dream Center” in LA does a lot of good social work type things. It is associated with the Assemblies of God, but their focus is on helping people. I know this is a distance away, but maybe you could call them and they would know of someone in your area.

As for you, make sure you don’t get sucked into his drama. Sex addiction is bad enough, but throw in the legal and medical problems that come with drugs, and things can get out of control in the blink of an eye. Protect yourself.

He already has the one thing that really matters, and that is a friend that cares. I hope you’re able to help him, but remember that it is almost impossible to help someone who refuses to acknowledge a problem. Be there to help him pick up the pieces, but he may have to hit bottom before he realizes there is a problem. I’ll be praying for you and your friend.

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Question by Cesaria Barbarossa – 40K: How do you feel about Tiger and Jesse making infidelity an addiction problem that needs treatment, not scorn?
Also forgot Eric Benet, Halle Berry’s ex-husband who said he had a sex addiction and went ot treatment after cheating.

What do you think about this new trend that infidelity should be looked at as signs of an addiction that needs treatment. Does this give infidelity less of a stigma if it’s treated as a psychological problem, moreso than a problem of selfishness and lack of self-control?

Do you think this would fly in “real life?”

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Answer by Caroline
Even though I was a psych major in college, I’d like to think I’m also a realist. Sex addiction, like alcoholism or drug addiction, may very well be a “condition” but I personally think no-one held a gun to Tiger’s head, he knew what he was doing, he certainly knew the possible consequences, and he CHOSE to do it anyway. And to me, a sex addict doesn’t create relationships, such as they are, like Tiger and Jesse did with their “other women”. So I think it’s complete BS. I feel sorry for the wives in all of those cases. I was cheated on by a boyfriend and it was totally humiliating so I can only imagine how Sandra, etc. feel because their humiliation is splashed all over the front page. Yea, they need treatment. With a Louisville Slugger. Jerks.

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Question by Sally: should married people have married sponsors in 12 step programs?
my husband is a sex addict who has started a 12 step sex addiction recovery program. i think his sponsor is not a good match – he is middle aged and never-married, and has no idea what marriage is supposed to be like. he encourages my husband to be secretive, not heed my needs, assert himself with me and assert that “his recovery comes first”, and completely ignore me. anyone else had any such experiences with sponsors being detrimental to the relationship (maybe AA folks)? i think married sponsees should have married sponsors.

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Answer by TRIXIE
i would have to leave anyone that is in need of any type of recovery. sorry, i know my comment didn’t help. 🙁

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