Patrick Carnes comments on sex addiction on CBS
See last weeks early show on CBS on Sex Addiction.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/24/sunday/main6136039.shtml
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Center For Healthy Sex Presents: Sex Addiction Los Angeles
Straight talk, up-to-date information and resources for individuals and couples about sexual addiction, cybersex addiction, sexual anorexia, sexual desire and sexual dysfunction.
Center for Healthy Sex Intensive Out-Patient Treatment Program
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Watch this video!
Is sex addiction a real problem? If you’re still skeptical take a look at this well-done TV report.
If you or a loved one are struggling with issues of sexual addiction, go to SAA-recovery.org for help!
http://www.wpix.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=3253482d-dc85-4e94-b93c-8d88339614e7&src=front
Sexual Addiction or Personality Disorder?
More and more experts are in agreeement that compulsive sexual behaviors can be a problem that ruin people’s lives. The question still remains whether sex can be an addiction or whether it’s part of a personality disorder.
Read this New York Times article then let us know what you think. Go to: http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/16/science/some-sexual-behavior-viewed-as-an-addiction.html?sec=health&spon=&pagewanted=all
CA State Assemblyman Resigns
The Los Angeles Times reports that State Assemblyman Mike Duvall resigned on Wednesday, Sepbember 9 after his lewd comments about women he had been sexually involved with were inadvertently broadcast over an open microphone during a lull in a Sacramento hearing in July.
This is another example of the split we see in sex addicts all the time. Mr. Duvall is a Republican, pro-family advocate who has clearly lead a double life. I’m not saying that he’s definately a sex addict but his behaviors certainly make him suspect.
To read the article go to :
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-duvall10-2009sep10,0,2300584.story?track=rss
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What the 12-step programs have known for 70+ years is now proven!
Mavis Humes-Baird www.recoverysense.com tells us:
12-Step wisdom cautions that relapse can only occur when opportunity and desire meet. That wisdom therefore suggests “Stay away from People, Places and Things,” to minimize your opportunities. Now, a scientific study shows that doing so not only minimizes the opportunity to relapse, but your desire as well. There is a long list of other program tools for minimizing the desire to relapse. Of course, minimizing and replacing both the desire and the opportunity as much as you can is still a big part of what recovery is all about!
The other program wisdom upheld by this study is the need for surrender. The phrase from the AA Big Book, “No amount of human willpower could have relieved our alcoholism” comes to mind. And another goes, “So far as alcohol was concerned, confidence was overrated…..”
To read the article on Yahoo! News, “Temptation Harder to Resist Than You Think, Study Suggests” go to:
Mavis Humes Baird Talks Sex Addiction on CBS News
Experts continue to struggle with how to define the problem of compulsive sexual behaviors because of the lack of scientific data to support that the need for sex can feel like an addiction. Thousands of men and women describe their need for sex and inability to control their behaviors as feeling like an addiction.
Psychotherapist Mavis Humes Baird talks about sex addiction as a bona fide disorder in this interview in the Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jon-lapook/sex-addiction-is-it-reall_b_211473.html
In this CBS News interview, Ms. Humes Baird gives clear answers to this problem
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5060423n
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Was David Carradine a Sex Addict?
It’s difficult to answer that question with certainty but given the information in the article posted below, it doesn’t look good for the fallen Kung-Fu actor.
Not everyone who dies of a sexually-related death is a sex addict. But according to his ex-wives (he had five), he engaged in potentially leathel sexual behaviors when seemed to escalate over time. Developing a tolerance is one of the ear-marks of sex addiction.
Did he ultimately kill himself due to his preference for tying himself up? It sure looks that way. Although one of his ex-wives states that he used to tie himself up, the reports of the condition he was in when found dead indicate that there was another party present.
I’m no Sherlock Holmes but my speculation is that the sex-play went awry with one or both parties pushing the envelope too far. When it was clear that Mr. Carradine was dead, his sexual partner fled the scene.
For more detailed information on the topic, go to http://http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/06/10/2009-06-10_thai_tabloid_david_carradine_photos_show_fishets_wig_womens_lingerie.html
Women Struggle with Sex Addiction Too
If you are female and are worried about your sexual behaviors, take a look at this video produced by faithave.com. Marnie Feree, a long-time expert on female sex addiction, talks about the facts of female sex addiction.
This is a faith-based message which I neither endorse or condem. As they say in the 12-step tradition, “take what you like and leave the rest.” To view the video go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTJkfUibkIY&feature=PlayList&p=5D83675D836231D3&index=0
Gay sex addicts
If you are a gay male and interested in a conversation about whether or not sex addiction exists, is a problem for you or a loved one, or you just want to join in on a lively conversation about the topic, visit queerty.com and blog your two cents:
