Talk:Sexual addiction

Merge Sexual addiction with Pornography addiction?

See discussion

Non 12-step therapy

"Research about recovery from sexual addiction has indicated that 12-step meetings are important for success. Those who do not attend 12-step meetings have a much more difficult time recovering, if they do at all."

It,s only an author's personal opinion. Notice that Carnes' resarches includet only 12-steps meetings members, so they were all convinced, that if they don't attend meetings they will fail. Carnes didn't consider those, who choosed other therapy methods (eg cognitive-behavioral therapy), or those who overcame addiction on their own.

Cleanup

I tagged this article for cleanup on 22 Jan 2007 due to phrases such as:

So to be clear, sexual addiction is addiction of a sexual nature. In which the sexual method of arousal, stimulation, etc. becomes a compulsion with withdrawal syndromes if it is taken away for too long a period of time.

These sentences, and several others in the article, are clearly grammatically incorrect and non-encyclopedic.

REHABILITATION FOR ADDICTION

If you think you are moving on a road where there is only the deep abyss of addiction looming large in front of you, it is time you got yourself enrolled into a drug abuse or an alcohol abuse treatment center. Even if it is not you but someone you care for who is addicted, it is important that you intervene constructively when there is still time and get them enrolled.

Most people wonder why they should enter into a treatment center when they can try to overcome the addiction by themselves. There are many reasons why you should not think much about overcoming your addiction yourself. Firstly, you might end up doing it the wrong way, which can have more serious repercussions on your health than your addiction itself. Secondly, addiction treatment is never too effective if you are doing it yourself. That’s because there is no one to monitor you. You might think it is all right to go overboard with your addiction sometimes even when you are trying to come out of the addiction.

However, drug and alcohol rehab centers can help you in great measure. They will use the medication and the treatment programs that are needed to bring you or your loved one out of the addiction. But, most importantly, they are quite equipped to deal with the withdrawal symptoms that will occur and which can sometimes get to be too violent. They will use the personal approach to deal with their addicts and treat them on a one-to-one basis. This helps them in strengthening their resolve. Rehab centers use aggressive methods with great delicateness. This makes the person come out of the addiction without suffering too much, or going astray on the path to deaddiction.

Visit our site: [[ http://www.drugrehab-center.com | Drug Rehab Center ]] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.1.43.58 (talk) 07:11, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Bias?

While this article was quite informative and seems factual, I cannot really vouch for it in earnest due to the very biased tone. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.142.110.114 (talk) 07:13, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

replaced "nonintimate" with "intimate"

In the definition it said "highly impersonal nonintimate behaviors", which I changed to "highly impersonal INTIMATE behaviors. Nonintimate implies platonic, whereas I think sex addiction means the opposite. Does this contradict the intended meaning? highly impersonal nonintimate behaviors could mean anything. Please comment/correct/clarify as needed.