Sex Addict: Are You/2?
By Blue Rose on Tuesday, 19 of May , 2009 at 3:19 pm
Yes it is a sad fact.
Sex addicts usually have a recognizable profile. For one thing, the vast majorities are men – they outnumber women four to one, in fact. More than 80 percent have some other kind of addiction – to the bottle, to gambling, to drugs (cocaine is the drug of choice for sex addicts). They generally suffer from low self-esteem. And they almost invariably report having been abused as children. Sex addiction, in fact, may be one of the many long-range consequences of child abuse – tragedy in a slow fuse. Abused kids not only come to feel worthless, they also come to think humiliation and shame are a part of normal sexual expression.
A second level addict is those whose behavior has escalated into things that could get them arrested and often involves a victim – exhibitionism, voyeurism, obscene phone calls. At this most extreme level, sex addiction can turn into the most heinous of crimes, like rape, incest or child molestation.
So many people have found themselves giving distressing answers to the factors that was stated before, and a nationwide sexual addiction recovery movement has emerged in the United States in recent years. Four major self-help groups, all of them modeled on the 12-step recovery program developed by Alcoholics Anonymous, have come into existence. The goal of this program, according to one recovering sex addict says recovering from alcoholism is a “walk on the beach” compared with overcoming the shame and degradation of sex addiction. Still, if you’ve got a problem, a self-help group may be your best hope. You may wish to contact national self-help group, which could have a local branch in your area (Sexaholics Anonymous, Box 300, Simi Valley, CA 93062; or Sex Addicts Anonymous, P.O. Box 3038, Minneapolis, MN 55403).
I hope and wish this may help even a little.
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Hi, nice posts there 
thank’s for the interesting information
nice im an addict too help
