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Sexual Addiction

, can be better defined if compared with other types of
addicts. There is little difference between the voyeur waiting for hours by a
window for forty seconds of nudity and the compulsive gambler hunching on a long
shot. An alcoholic's relationship with alcohol becomes more important than
family, friends, and work. The relationship progresses to the point where
alcohol is necessary to feel normal. To feel "normal" for the alcoholic is also
to be lonely and isolated since the primary relationship he/she depends on is a
chemical and not other people.
Sexual addiction is parallel. In order for the sexual addict to feel
"normal" he/she will substitute a sick relationship to an ...

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Arguments, excuses,
justifications, and circular reasoning abound in the addict's warped mental
processes. Some of the excuses are: "What she doesn't know won't hurt her,"
"It's my way of relaxing," If my wife would be more responsive,” and “If I don't
get it every few days, the pressure builds up.” Whatever the rationalization,
it further cuts the addicts off from the reality of the behavior.
The next stage is sex addicts go through is sincere delusion in which
they will believe their own lies. When they vow to themselves that they will
quit, they are sincere and may even experience a great deal of emotion- tears of
pain or anger when someone doesn't believe their good intentions. However,
their commitment to others is as false as their vows to themselves. It is yet
more evidence of seriously impaired thinking.
Sexual addicts are continually on the search, the hunt, the suspense
heightened by the unusual, the forbidden, the illicit which are intoxicating ...

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Added: 4/4/2006 08:25:11 PM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Free Paper
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