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	Sexual addiction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The longer a sex addict has been acting out and the higher the level an addict they are, the lower the chances of a successful, sober recovery being maintained.
		I Am A Sex Addict Caveh Zahedi's documentary film "I Am A Sex Addict" addresses, as the title implies, Cesar Olmedo's (a recent UCLA college graduate) obsession with prostitutes and the subsequent destruction of short-term relationships that initiate in bar/club scenes.
		Sex addicts may relate to periods where Brenda was having lots of dangerous and anonymous sex, but may disagree with her recovery resulting from very little counselling or intervention.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sexual_addiction (2408 words)

	Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As the addict recovers, it is important to give back that which was so freely given, the ability to recover in a safe and sober manner.
		There is a group for those who are not sex addicts but whose lives as friends, family or significant others have been affected by the addict.
		Although there are certain dependent behaviors though which partners of addicts may find themselves attracted to or attached to a sex addict, often it is through no fault of their own that they are in relationship to the addict.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sex_and_Love_Addicts_Anonymous (2520 words)

	Sex Addiction
		It is frequently indicated by the willingness of an addict to suffer enormous consequences for engaging in sex.
		It is thought that sex is used by the addict as an escape, a means of avoiding stress, emotional strain, boredom, anxiety, and the pursuant shame and isolation that results from their compulsive behavior.
		For a coworker of a sex addict, the situation is quite different, as it is often one of sexual harassment.
	www.womenshealth.org /a/sex_addiction_what_is.htm (755 words)

	Help for Female Sex Addicts
		The closet female sex addict riddled with shame and self-contempt may punish herself by seeking to meet sexual needs privately and compulsively instead of in an intimate relationship with her husband.
		The closet female sex addict riddled with shame and self-contempt may punish herself by seeking to meet sexual needs privately and compulsively versus investing in an intimate relationship with her husband.
		Ultimately, the recovery goal of a female sex addict is not unlike that of the male addict, but her journey differs from that of men.
	www.pureintimacy.org /gr/intimacy/understanding/a0000115.cfm (1627 words)

	FAQ'S: SEX ADDICTION
		Sex addiction is a way some people medicate their feelings and/or cope with their stresses to the degree that their sexual behavior becomes their major coping mechanism for stresses in their life.
		The sex addict spends a lot of time in the pursuit of his or her sexual behavior/fantasy or they may have a binge of sexual behaviors.
		The biological addict is someone who has conditioned their body to receive endorphins and enkephlines (brain chemicals) primarily through reinforcing a fantasy state with the ejaculation that provides these chemicals to their brain.
	www.henze-associates.com /sexadict/sextwo.htm (1125 words)

	Sexual Recovery Institute :: How Does a Sexual Addict Define Sobriety?
		These contracts or "sex plans" are always written and involve clearly defined concrete behaviors from which the sexual addict has committed to abstain in order to define their sobriety.
		Another example might be: "I am sober as long as I do not engage in anonymous sex, sex in public places or sex with persons from the phone lines or computer." These definitions are always discussed at least one other recovering person, therapist or clergy and are not changed without thorough discussion and understanding.
		A characteristic of addiction, particularly for sexual addicts, is their difficulty maintaining a clear focus on personal beliefs, values and goals, when faced with situations which potentially involve intensity, arousal, stimulation and impulsive acting-out.
	www.sexualrecovery.com /resources/articles/definesobriety.php (560 words)

	Are You A Sex Addict?
		Sex and love addiction has been defined as an addictive pattern of establishing love relationships with specific people, where the person and the relationship, as well as sex with the person, are all part of the appeal to the addict.
		Sex and love addicts may have several love relationships with different people going on at the same time or they may pass serially from one to the next, leaving each when the initial ``love high'' wears off.
		Sex addiction, by contrast, is usually a preoccupation with sexual arousal and sexual release, which often has little to do with who the person is and requires no relationship.
	www.india-today.com /iplus/1999_4/sex2.html (1520 words)

	Freeing the Sex Addict
		But even with sex involving a partner, the partner is not really a person to whom the addict is relating but a cipher, an interchangeable part in an impersonal, almost mechanical, process.
		However, if sex addicts are to stay free they must fill that empty inner house with new understanding and a new way of life.
		Sex addicts must have the understanding, accountability, and support that is provided in the loving context of Christian treatment and follow-up care.
	www.new-life.net /sexaddic.htm (1388 words)

	What is Sexual Addiction? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A large number of sex addicts say their unhealthy use of sex has been a progressive process.
		The essence of all addiction is the addicts' experience of powerlessness over a compulsive behavior, resulting in their lives becoming unmanageable.
		The unmanageability of addicts' lives can be seen in the consequences they suffer: losing relationships, difficulties with work, arrests, financial troubles, a loss of interest in things not sexual, low self-esteem and despair.
	www.sexaa.org /addict.htm (153 words)

	SexHelp.com - Depression and Sex Addiction: The Moment Between the Trapezes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Rather than attempt to manage or minimize the consequences, the sex addict is advised to curtail sexual acting out and embrace a quality recovery program taught and modeled by other recovering addicts.
		This sex addict is likely to find someone or a series of subjects at work to groom as he/she presents as a martyr-like victim slaving to support a family yet deserving of a sexual release.
		A bipolar patient may also be a sex addict, but a significant subset of bipolars show hyper-sexuality during mania that is not part of a pattern of sex addiction.
	www.sexhelp.com /depression.cfm (1859 words)

	Success hurts -- at least where filmmaker, ex-sex addict Caveh Zahedi is concerned
		Zahedi's portrayal of a man who trashes two marriages and numerous relationships with his craving for prostitutes is endearing to the point of pathos: Large of eye and small of bone, the fragile-looking protagonist seems as much a victim of his desires as his suffering girlfriends.
		As documented in "Sex Addict," for years he suffered from a compulsion to have sex with prostitutes and then cluelessly tell his wives and girlfriends every detail.
		For a work with erotic desire as its narrative core, "Sex Addict" is remarkably unsexy, portraying sexual encounters as ungainly and even humiliating for both Zahedi and his partners.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/03/DDGK5I1KUD1.DTL&type=movies (1320 words)

	Sex Addict Treatment
		Any given sex addict can struggle with one or more than one type and it is possible to exhibit features of all six, however rare.
		This type of addict is characterized by "a soul in pain" who has chosen sex as a way to "medicate" this pain.
		Conversely, a Mood-disordered sex addict, while very capable of relationships, has difficulty controlling his mood, usually because of an imbalance in brain chemistry-just like the liver or pancreas can stop working correctly, needing dialysis or causing diabetes, respectively, the brain, being an organ can malfunction in its flow of neurotransmitters affecting mood.
	www.allaboutlifechallenges.org /sex-addict-treatment.htm (815 words)

	Sex Addiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The three building blocks of sex addiction are 1) se xual fantasy, 2) pornography, and 3) masturbation.
		Sex addiction can be recovered from by learning about the addiction and by attending the 12 step recovery program.
		Study which analyzed to investigate the effect of the label "sexual addict" on the marital adjustment of bisexual married men.
	www.csun.edu /~psy453/addict_y.htm (346 words)

	Sexual Addiction Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment on MedicineNet.com
		Sex and the thought of sex tend to dominate the sex addict's thinking, making it difficult to work or engage in healthy personal relationships.
		In addition to damaging the addict's relationships and interfering with his or her work and social life, a sexual addiction also puts the person at risk for emotional and physical injury.
		Most sex addicts live in denial of their addiction, and treating an addiction is dependent on the person accepting and admitting that he or she has a problem.
	www.medicinenet.com /sexual_addiction/article.htm (544 words)

	Therapist Joe Kort - Am I a Sex Addict, or Am I a High-T?
		Clients will ask me if they are a sex addict by the specifics of what they’re thinking, doing, and/or wanting to do make them a potential sex addict.
		Sex addicts prefer the chase over the actual behavior; and so spend increasing amounts of time in Internet chat rooms while surfing for porn sites.
		You may simply be: a high-T with a strong sex drive; in Stage 5 of coming out of the closet; or in romantic love—the first stage of a relationship; acting out childhood sexual abuse, or other forms of abuse or neglect that cause other forms of sexual discomfort.
	www.joekort.com /articles53.htm (1217 words)

	Sexual Addiction Recovery: Frequently Asked Questions: Heart to Heart Counseling Center, Douglas Weiss, Ph.D. Executive ...
		Pornography for many sex addicts combined with regular masturbation is the cornerstone for most sex addicts.
		Over twenty recovering female sex addicts contributed in writing She Has a Secret: Understanding Female Sexual Addiction.
		This is the best combination of sex research and spiritual principles to date for youth to watch to give them a proper and currently informed sex talk.
	www.sexaddict.com /FAQ.html (1109 words)

	SASH \| General Information
		A sex addict is not the same thing as a pedophile.
		Although there are some sex addicts whose primary attraction is to children, this is not always the case.
		There is a wide range of behaviors that a sex addict may have (e.g., a person may be a sex addict because of chronic or compulsive masturbation or multiple affairs).
	www.ncsac.org /general/addict_faqs.aspx (1371 words)

	Sex Addiction Bill Clinton Monica Lewinsky, sex scandal, Hillary Clinton, sex, sex scandal, president, presidential ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For example, there is a political correctness to being a Sex Addict, but not so if you engage in the same behavior as a philanderer.
		Any sex addict will tell you that as they speak to you they have sex on their mind.
		When not having sex there is a tendency to become tense and uncomfortable due to withdrawal.
	www.counselingnet.com /clinton.html (793 words)

	Diary of a Sex Addict (2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		"Diary of Sex Addict" is a pathetic attempt at a serious drama about sexual compulsiveness.
		Probably a movie marketing scam, this flick is a stylish shoot with a good cast and little else going for it.
		Bottom line, "Diary..." would have us believe that our sex addict character has the dumbest wife in the world, a stable of babes on the side who have nothing better to do than drop their panties for him at his whim, and no job in spite of being a restaurateur.
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0253040 (268 words)

	Sex Addict Help - Robert O'Brien, LMFT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I do this through three individual assessment sessions for the addict and as necessary and desired include the spouse for an additional session to help her find the support she needs.
		The "drug of choice" for a sex addict can include any number of activities including: excessive masturbation, internet pornography, frequenting prostitutes, anonymous sex, voyeurism, exhibitionism, affairs, serial relationships, and a host of other sexually related behaviors.
		I am a licensed psychotherapist, a sex addict in recovery, and have been helping men and women for over a decade who struggle with a variety of sexually compulsive behaviors.
	www.sexaddicthelp.com /Therapists/robert_obrien.htm (763 words)

	SexHelp.com - Living on the 13th Floor: The Invisible Sex Addict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Such a sex addict is likely to have felt shame since childhood, and, once the cycle of the secret life of sexual acting out unfolds, that shame compounds itself exponentially.
		A third subset of sex addicts would fall on the introverted side of a social interaction scale between introversion and extroversion.
		Because the addict may consider the discovery of an invisible stance to be a profound problem, the therapist may want to focus on helping the addict move from invisible acting out to visible recovery.
	www.sexhelp.com /invisible.cfm (1477 words)

	Sexual Recovery Institute :: Women Sex Addicts
		The idea of being "love addicted" may be preferred by sexually addicted women because it fits the romantic, nurturer model of woman, whereas the term "sex addict" connotes an image of a "nymphomaniac", "slut", or "whore".
		The elements of sex addiction in women are the same as in any addiction: compulsion, continuation despite adverse consequences, and preoccupation or obsession.
		The majority of women sex addicts were sexually abused in childhood -- 78% in one study.
	www.sexualrecovery.com /resources/articles/women.php (547 words)

	indieWIRE: "Sex Addict" Pulled From Landmark Theater; Indie Filmmaker (and IFC Films) Caught in Mark Cuban/Comcast ...
		The director of "I Am A Sex Addict," winner of the IFP Gotham Award last year for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You, has been caught in the crossfire of a day-and-date distribution battle between Mark Cuban, the film's distributor IFC Films, and cable system Comcast.
		Likening the situation to being held hostage and caught in a turf war, Zahedi told indieWIRE today that he is quite disappointed by the situation, particularly given the amount of work that had already been put into the opening at a Landmark theater in Berkeley.
		IFP and Filmmaker Magazine will also support the release of "I Am A Sex Addict" with grassroots marketing support and they will put $8 from every $10 panel admission towards the film's box office, guaranteeing audience members a ticket to the opening weekend shows.
	www.indiewire.com /biz/2006/04/sex_addict_pull.html (1320 words)

	Documenting the self as sex - Arts
		Sex Addict traffics mostly in comic re-enactments and occasional real-life footage, while Zahedi narrates the film directly to the camera.
		As a result, Zahedi, the character, is not exactly a likable figure in Sex Addict, which is, of course, not lost on Zahedi, the director.
		That being said, the film succeeds in its three primary goals: to engage in a dialogue on human sexuality with utter and unpleasant frankness, to tell the personal and often poignant story of his evolution from sex addict to hopeful monogamist, and to operate as a conventional sex romp.
	www.dailyiowan.com /news/2006/06/12/Arts/Documenting.The.Self.As.Sex-2043441.shtml (529 words)

	I am a sex addict. Got your attention? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Prior to his recovery 10 years ago (and the attendant round of Sex Addict Anonymous meetings), filmmaker Caveh Zahedi's love life was consumed by what he calls a "prostitute fetish" — which is exactly what it sounds like.
		His approach to the subject is not sensual, or medical; instead Zahedi presents a desperate catalogue of how his life went amok: he systematically broke the hearts of girlfriends, lovers and two wives (he's currently married to his third) with his infidelities.
		I made it mostly for other sex addicts and people who have sex addicts in their lives in some way," Zahedi said.
	www.austin360.com /movies/content/movies/stories/2006/04/18sexaddict.html (725 words)

	Sex Addict and Love Addict Relationships
		The first is that of an addict and a codependent, with dynamics that are somewhat predictable in ways.
		The second frequent pattern is that of a "love addict" and an "avoidant" individual.
		If addict recovers, codependent may move on to new addict where their rescuing skills are needed and appreciated.
	healthymind.com /s-relationships.html (581 words)

	Sex Addict
		Read the personal account of a sex addict as he struggles through his recovery.
		Those girls in the pictures all thought I was an impressive young man, and they were so eager to have sex with me, that they were already out of their clothes.
		Sexual sobriety is defined as no form of sex with yourself or anyone else other than your wife.
	www.allaboutlifechallenges.org /sex-addict-faq.htm (2585 words)

	How useful is the sex addict concept?
		I run a sex offender treatment program in Northern California and am wondering what you think about Carnes' notion of "sexual addiction." I've always been uncomfortable with the term, because I think of "addiction" as a physical dependency to a particular substance at a cellular level.
		But, the truth is I've treated many men who describe their relationship with sex in terms similar to the way drug addicts decribe their relationship with specific chemicals.
		Most people take narcotics without being addicted, people become addicted (as you note) to a range of powerful experiences.
	www.peele.net /faq/sexaddict.html (445 words)

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