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Are You a "Sex Addict?"


Sex addiction can be a real problem

"I cheated on my wife, I broke my kid's hearts, I lied pathologically for years," Leahy said. "I knew what it meant to say you're a sinner."

sex addiction is not something that can be simply or easily codified.

But who's making these judgments?

sex addiction is not recognized in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders).
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Sex Addicts Anonymous, a "spiritual program" modeled on Alcoholics Anonymous, offers resources to those who need help, including a 12-question test

Some people have higher libidos or are simply more sexual than others.

I don't think those with low libidos

should be made to feel sexually incompetent, nor should those with bigger libidos be punished or made to feel like freaks. This isn't about sexual appetite so much as feeling in control of your sexuality

however you choose to exert that control. If sex controls you, most of the professionals seem to agree, then you could very well be a sex addict