Here you will find resources for issues
around sexual addiction, support groups, and information for partners.
Not exact matches
As they lounge
around poolside or make occasional visits to a nearby village, their every word and gesture seems to reflect an entire history of drunken nights,
sexual conquests, paralyzing
addictions and unspoken tragedies, all of which make Marianne and Paul's contentment seem all the more hard - won.
In the
addiction model (Carnes, 1997) the term is seen as the compulsive avoidance of sex that
sexual anorexics build their lives
around.
Join a local congregation and hear a Pure Desire speaker address the topic of how
sexual addiction is impacting the church and how to develop a culture of grace
around this growing issue.
One of the biggest lies
around the topic of pornography and
sexual addiction is that it is a victimless activity.
On the other hand,
sexual addiction can also damage the relationships
around us.
For example, in families where active
addiction exists, the members organize and adapt
around the addict (alcoholic, drug addict, workaholic,
sexual addiction, etc.) and other family members play roles such as hero, scapegoat, lost child, mascot (clown), child - parent (role reversal), and so on.
For behaviors that are not illegal, a good rule of thumb when evaluating for
sexual addiction is how the behavior is impacting you and those
around you, and how upsetting it is to you personally.