Being gay, lesbian, or bisexual does not make you a sex addict any more than being straight makes you a sex addict. Sometimes people seek sex addiction treatment in...
There is a big difference between ongoing happiness and chasing euphoric moments as an escape. Sex addicts are hooked on the dissociative euphoria (the trance/bubble) produced by their intense...
Most parents (and schools) are afraid to talk to kids about things like sex and addictions. Asking if teens can become sexually addicted is a bit like asking if...
If we feel entitled to something, we’ll step all over someone else to get it. As sex addicts, we often feel entitled to act out. We convince ourselves that...
For most sex and porn addicts, negative core cognitions are an integral component of the addictive process, helping to support a shame-based sense of self. For gay, lesbian, and...
Sex and eating are healthful behaviors – until they become an obsession and spiral out of control. Sex addiction and eating disorders are similar in many ways. For starters,...
Addictions of all types form and manifest in the same basic ways. The risk factors for substance and behavioral addictions (such as sex and porn addiction) are the same:...
Sex addiction is not about feeling good, it’s about feeling less. Sex addicts use sex to “numb out” and escape from stress and emotional (and sometimes physical) discomfort –...