Thursday, November 26th, 2009
Contributing co-author: Andrew Chen
We've already talked about the fact that sex addiction (or love addiction) is defined by the inability to regulate sexual behavior despite negative consequences. We also mentioned already that it affects millions of Americans.
Addictive sexual behaviors can range from compulsive masturbation and porn watching, to compulsive cheating, ...
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
What do you think of when you hear the words "sex addict"? Do you imagine someone who has sex dozens of times a day? Someone who owns a lot of sex toys? Someone who spends all their time immersed in pornography?
While all of these scenarios, and others, can identify someone ...
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Sunday, July 19th, 2009
As you may recall from an earlier post, a friend of mine, Brian, has been struggling to get some control over his sex addiction.
I had referred him to a number of clinics that treat sex-addiction specifically, and to Sex Addicts Anonymous (sometimes known as sexaholics anonymous) as a starting point. ...
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Saturday, July 11th, 2009
I have this friend, we'll call him Brian, who has recently realized that he may be addicted to sex. Being an addiction specialist, he obviously came to me for advice. I told him that I would look into some of the treatment centers specializing in sexual addiction, and that in ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
I've written about my own struggles with my addiction on here numerous times. I've used crystal meth, ecstasy, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, LSD, mushrooms, and more, though the first few were the ones that really got me.
After an extended career as a dealer and addict, I turned a new leaf and ...
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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Okay, this is probably the last addiction research update I will give focusing on the Reno conference. The rest of the stuff I learned will be incorporated into future posts.
I've written before about the relationship between exercise and recovery (see here) and I will surely write more since for me, ...
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Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
contributing author: Katie McGrath
It's easy to see why some people search for ways to escape their everyday life. Daily obstacles and challenges are common, and sometimes, life can seem like a difficult, if not impossible, test of wills. Addiction recovery help is about finding another option.
People turn to ...
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