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Articles about sex addiction (0-50 of 263)
- Addicted To Sex?
By: Michael Smith | - Are you taking part in sexual behavior that has gotten uncontrollable? Or are you being informed that you do? As a Certified Sex Therapist in Orange County, California, I get a lot of calls from people who wonder if they, or their partners, have crossed the boundary and have become "addicted."
A lot of people say they love sex and it regularly occupies their thoughts. They want more, and are gloomy or anxious when they have to do without for extended time intervals. If the topic was ...
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- Taking The First Step Toward Recovery
By: Inner Balance and Peace | - Taking the First Step toward Recovery
The first step toward recovery involves asking yourself:
Could it be possible that I have an addiction?
Now, answer the question. Recovery begins as soon as you answer the question honestly.
Examining the Symptoms of Addiction
It is important to look at the symptoms as they show up in your life and confront them. Justifying and rationalizing your behaviors are a natural part of this stage and therefore, you ...
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- Cross Addiction, Individuals Can Easily Become Addicted To Other Substances
By: Christopher Knight | - Cross addiction is when an individual is addicted to more than one mood or mind altering substance. A person who addicted to drugs or alcohol usually has a 'drug of choice'. Once dependent (either physically, psychologically or both) an individual can easily become addicted to other substances.
Alcohol is also classed as a drug as this is a mood and mind altering substance, the only difference between alcohol and drugs is one is legal and the others are not.
When ...
Tags: Drug Addiction, Alcohol Addiction, Addiction Clinics
- Sex Addiction In Women
By: Inner Balance and Peace | - Sex addiction is commonly overlooked in clinical assessments of women. Society once believed women could not be alcoholics and now it cannot accept or may be does not want to accept that women can be sex addicts as well. Women around the world are socialized as nurturers and caregivers rather than receivers. However, it this same socialization and expectation that prevents a woman from seeking help for her problem.
There is another reason why clinical diagnosis is difficult in women. ...
Tags: women, sex addiction, love addiction, symptoms, social stigma, treatment, recovery, addiction, consequences, female sex addict
- Shame And Sex Addiction
By: Inner Balance and Peace | - Sex Addiction almost always serves a core shame. The experience of this core shame is so painful that it is almost unbearable. Shame for an addict has 2 dominant facets and with time, the 2 facets can become intertwined to the extent that it may be hard to tell them apart.
The 2 facets of Shame: One facet of shame is the addictive behavior itself. Behaviors such as compulsive masturbation, viewing pornography for hours, visiting massage parlors, etc., are out of control and re ...
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- Ins And Outs Of Addiction
By: lisa Simmons | - It results in changes to the matter and chemistry of the brain, a result which varies with the type of addition and can be dramatic or very subtle.
When Too Much of a Good Thing Becomes Bad:
Almost any thing one can think of can be the subject of addiction. The amount of time and individual devotes to, engages in, and the reason he/she engages in an activity can become unhealthy and destructive no matter how healthy and worthwhile the action my seem. Two generally accepted c ...
Tags: Addiction Symptoms and Advice
- Why Don't We Talk About It? The Social Aspect Of Sex Addiction
By: Inner Balance and Peace | -
Sexual addiction is thought to be a sign of moral weakness by the standards of todays society. Because of this, most of us do not wish to discuss the topic of sex addiction because they are either embarrassed or ashamed of such behaviors. Others may view sexual addicts as being morally repugnant and will label them as perverts or simply weird.
If you have ever tried to speak about sex addiction with your friends or family, you have probably been met with embarrassed ...
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- How To Help Your Sex Addicted Spouse
By: lisa Simmons | - Any and all of these feelings are completely normal to feel. Firstly, it's important to determine that your spouse is, in fact, a sex addict before seeking treatment for yourself and your spouse. If your partner partakes in sexual behavior that you have explained offends or hurts you but continues to do it anyway, has gotten in trouble with the law regarding his or her sexual behavior, is cheating, or is having sex or masturbating so frequently that he or she is experiencing physical pain or inj ...
Tags: Addiction Symptoms and Advice
- Find Love In Your Daily Routine
By: Bill Franklin | - Are you a gay man or woman, looking for love in West Hollywood? You can find love just about anywhere so don't rule anything out. You don't have to go anywhere out of the ordinary because West Hollywood is known as the gay center of the greater Los Angeles Area. Santa Monica Boulevard, particularly between Robertson to La Cienega is lined with gay-oriented shops, boutiques, bars, restaurants, and coffeehouses. It's the hub of the gay dating scene!
Dating is all about ...
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- I'm Addicted To Online Dating.
By: M Fuller | - Online dating addiction is something that is increasing, and health professionals are reporting record numbers of addicts seeking help. Shrinking disposable incomes are being blamed as the main reason alarming numbers of online singles are becoming addicted.
Large numbers of people are switching to online dating for sex and relationships compared to conventional means of socializing such as bar hopping. Why? because online dating is either dirt cheap or 100% free, and just because p ...
Tags: online dating addiction, online dating addiction, sex addict, singles
- The Problems Of Addiction
By: Campbell Johnson | - What is Addiction?
Addiction is obsession, compulsion or psychological dependence on any specific thing. Its a kind of situation in which you cant resist against that particular thing. In this condition people dont think about the side effects of the use of that thing and continues to use them. They feel more pleasure in using them and they dont realize that they are harming their health and social life. To get pleasure from that product they often use ille ...
Tags: addiction withdrawal, addiction treatment, addiction
- Woman On The Verge
By: fin2000 | - Listen up if you've been using these words: 'I'm functioning fine so what's the problem?' or 'I can quit any time.' Maybe you can - but what if you can't? Being on the verge of a substance addiction is unsettling. You feel vague disquiet but it's not quite fear, and it's tempting to take refuge in denial - especially if family and friends are not yet anxious enough to say anything. There's little to stop you pursuing the path to disaster - except awareness of what that means, and the early warni ...
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- Come Back To Your Normal Life From The Curse Of Addictio
By: Kevin JSmith | - Staying slimmer is the common desire possessed by majority of modern women. But, several among them choose the way of less eating to meet the criterion, which ultimately causes eating disorder. Eating disorder is nothing but a type of obsessive compulsive relation with food. The patients engage in uncontrolled eating or binging.
This is really a serious mental disease and utmost care needs to be taken to cure the patients. In this regard, an eating disorder treatment center would ...
Tags: food addiction treatment, bulimia treatment, eating disorder
- Want Great Sex? Increase Your Libido Today!
By: Kelly Purden | - Every woman wants to experience having a great sex life. Not only does lack of sex drive put a damper on marriage and long-term relationships, it also causes a lot of misunderstandings and break-ups for couples. Whether we admit it to ourselves or not, having great sex is an essential ingredient in a relationship.
But what if you don't have the sex drive to make love to your husband? What if you're finding it hard to be sexually aroused when you're with your boyfriend? There are ...
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- Get Relieve From Food And Sex Addiction In Smartest Way
By: Kevin JSmith | - Addiction is no doubt a pain to the affected persons lives. Among all kinds of addictions, food and sex addictions come on a notable position. There are thousands of people in the US who visit the doctors every day due to suffering from such addictions. In the contemporary times, with the improvement of medical sciences treating these diseases is not at all a major issue for the medical practitioners.
Food addiction is basically the obsessive or compulsive behavior for fo ...
Tags: eating disorder, addiction treatment, anorexia treatment
- Addiction: The Four Stages
By: Alan J Butler | - According to the dictionary addiction means:-
1. Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit forming (especially alcohol and narcotic drugs).
2. An abnormally strong craving.
3. (Roman Law) a formal award by a court sentence of a thing or person to another (as of a debtor to his creditor), a surrender to a master; "under Roman law, addiction was the justification for slavery"
The C ...
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- Addiction Doesn't Just Happen
By: Alan J Butler | - According to the dictionary addiction means:-
1. Being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit forming (especially alcohol and narcotic drugs).
2. An abnormally strong craving.
3. (Roman Law) a formal award by a court sentence of a thing or person to another (as of a debtor to his creditor), a surrender to a master; "under Roman law, addiction was the justification for slavery"
The C ...
Tags: addict, addiction, addicted, alcohol addiction, addiction treatment, stages of addiction
- Stress Is An Opportunity To Rise And Shine Not To Sink In Addictions
By: Kevin JSmith | - The modern day lifestyle is characterized by a lot of stress and competition. We see ourselves as taking part in an unending race that has a lot of materialistic and monetary aspects associated with it. As a result we find that although we keep on achieving in life all that we desire yet we cannot find that happiness and bliss. On the contrary we find ourselves as victims of hordes of diseases and ailments that have their origins in stress and the undue pressure that we burden ourselves with in ...
Tags: addiction treatment, rehab center, drug rehab
- Enjoy Life Not Addictions
By: Kevin JSmith | - Life is the most beautiful gift that has been bestowed on us. It is well within our rights that we live our lives to the full and enjoy it to the maximum. But at the same time we must be aware that there is a whole lot of difference between enjoying life and becoming addicted to a substance or alcohol or much worse drugs. On many occasions and in many circumstances we might be compelled to take the plunge into the abysmal but alluring on the surface world of drugs, substances and ...
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- Drug Addiction Signs To Look For And Getting Help
By: Dennis_Draking | - For some, using drugs is a recreational habit and they can keep it under control. For others, it becomes uncontrollable and starts to affect their daily lives. There are many different types of drug addiction or substance abuse. Once can be addicted to drugs, alcohol, nicotine, prescriptions and even sex.
Having a substance abuse or drug addiction problem will change many things in your life. You will find that your family and friends will come in second place to your drug needs. It can a ...
Tags: Addiction Recovery, Drug Addiction
- Christian Health And Psychological Well-being Enhanced By Drug Rehab
By: Chris L. Merton | - This article discusses the impact of therapeutic health and psychology programs for drug rehabilitation. This article is for those seeking relief from addiction, poor health, and psychological problems.
Drug rehabilitation for Christians should include six goals: (1) Choice for patients, so that the treatment program is a good match (2) Program structuring that is compatible with the needs of the person undergoing addiction treatment and rehabilitation (3) Professionalism on t ...
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- Life Success Strategies - Donuts, Addiction, And The Meaning Of Life
By: Ken Donaldson | - I bet you are wondering about the thread here, aren't you? Quite frankly, now that I have written it, I am feeling a bit stretched to connect the dots in this title, but here I go...
I have a theory about Life: my theory is we are all born as donuts. Our purpose in life is to find our donut hole. The space of the donut hole is symbolic of our own personal and unique life purpose...in other words, our Calling. When we find this purpose and live it, we feel whole and complete.
Tags: Ken Donaldson, addiction, discovery, awareness, recovery
- Treating Drug And Alcohol Addiction With Auricular Acupuncture
By: Debbie Charlotte | - Acupuncture has proven to be helpful in the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction. Acupuncture can assist in the detoxification process by easing the pain of detox as well as help repair physiological damage due to long term drug and alcohol abuse. Chronic abuse of drugs and alcohol can deplete the body of its natural endorphins. Endorphins are the body's feel-good hormone and help the body to manage daily pain and stress. Auricular Acupuncture, the manipulation of the outer ear via needling, ...
Tags: drug and alcohol addiction, alcohol addiction recovery
- What Is Drug Addiction?
By: Fiona Vanwinkle | - A drug addiction is a compulsive disorder. Addiction can be of varied kinds, namely drugs, alcohol, gambling, spending, smoking, sex, eating or any other behavior. A person hit by this is often unsatisfied and restless. Drug addiction in laymans terms would be dependence on chemicals or on unwanted plants for the sake of getting high. This disorder requires very high consumption of drugs in order to fulfill drug seeking behavior, and is very vulnerable to relapse.
The following ...
Tags: drugs, drug addiction, drug rehab, substance abuse, rehab, addiction, alcohol, alcoholism, treatment
- Alcohol Addiction "€" Information On Alcohol Addiction
By: Peter Hutch | - Alcohol addiction is simply defined as a compulsive need for an intoxicating liquid that is obtained from fermented grain or fruit. These liquids include beer, wine, and other hard liquors. Alcoholism can lead people into serious trouble, and can be physically and mentally destructive. Currently alcohol use is involved in half of all crimes, murders, accidental deaths, and suicides. There are also many health problems associated with alcohol use such as brain damage, cancer, heart disease, and d ...
Tags: alcohol addiction, alcohol addiction recovery, drug and alcohol addiction, addiction rates on alcohol, alcohol addiction cure.
- The Signs Of Alcohol Addiction
By: Phoenix Delray | - Addiction refers to the compulsive need to use a habit forming substance or an irresistible urge to engage in a behavior, with the other defining features of this condition being tolerance, increasing need for more of the substance in order to obtain the same effect, and withdrawal. This last effect is particularly present in instances of alcohol addiction, although the term addiction refers to a wide range of behaviors, including exercise, shopping, gambling, and sex.
Addiction, ...
Tags: Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Alcohol Treatment Center
- All About Anabolic Steroids
By: Lena Butler | - Types, General effects, conceptions & misconceptions:
Anabolic steroids, also known as anabolic-androgenic steroids or AAS, are a class of steroid hormones related to the hormone testosterone. Earlier, when testosterone was found to build muscle tissue and to cause the development of male secondary sex characteristics, medical researchers tried to use testosterone to treat diseases that caused the loss of muscle mass. Unfortunately, testosterone in its natural form has a half life ...
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- Why Men Need Adventure In Relationships And How To Handle It
By: Brenda Shoshanna | - There are certain men who crave adventure in their relationships and also in their lives. This is the craving to be challenged, grow and become all they are capable of. For some the call comes in connection to work, sports or feats of daring; others hear it in relationship to women, who they see as their primary challenge. This need for adventure in relationship can manifest in various ways.
Some men are drawn to disturbed and disturbing women. They find this exciting and stimulat ...
Tags: love, psychology, male psychology, dating, divorce, separation, relationships, counseling, help, sex, addiction,
- A New Approach To Addiction Recovery
By: Jim Klein | - There are so many different types of addiction today and they seem to be increasing as time goes by.
The most common addictions people think of when they hear the word addiction are those to alcohol and drugs. These two may be the most common and affect the largest number of people, however, many people struggle with other types of addiction.
I will touch on the most common addictions in this article.
At one point in time smoking was the cool or the i ...
Tags: addiction, addiction recovery
- Are You Addicted To Bad Relationships?
By: Michael Douglas | - Advertising executive, Carol Fena has been in and out of a relationship with banker, Neal for the last two years. They break up for a week or two but then keep getting back together until the next blow-up. Carol's friends can't understand why she keeps going back to Neal and why she is so addicted to him in spite of the fact that he is emotionally abusive.
Many are the people caught in the web of addictive relationships. And often, we ourselves realise that we have been in relatio ...
Tags: relationship addiction, bad relationship, unhealthy relationship, addictive relationship, toxic relationship
- Coping Responsibly With Addiction. Do You Get It?
By: Denny Soinski | - Preventing and Coping with Problems
While preventing a problem before it happens is usually better than facing the problem, typically it also involves a different level of complexity. Let me explain. Preventing genital herpes or AIDS, for instance, is obviously better AND far easier to deal with than curing these diseases. In fact, given our current medical knowledge, both genital herpes and AIDS are without cure. As another example, consider unwanted pregnancy. Again, un ...
Tags: alcoholism, alcohol dependence, drug addiction, alcohol addiction, treatment, rehab, rehabilitation, substance abuse, responsibility, irresponsibility
- Cocaine Addiction - Signs And Symptoms
By: Jason Uvios | - The cocaine is an addictive drug producing a lot of physical and mental aberration. As the addiction becomes a continuous process the mental faculty is affected to such an extent that the patient is unable to cope with the side effect of drug abuse. The cocaine addiction is a cause of concern as it takes a strong hold on the mental sphere by altering the thought, feeling and action. The mind is affected in such a way that an obsession to the drug makes the person to do illegal activities which h ...
Tags: addiction treatment, drug addiction, cocaine addiction
- Marriage Books Vs Marriage Counseling
By: Jill Brennan | - Is it possible to save a marriage through reading a book? Up until recently I would have said no, that marriage counseling was the only way to go. Having since read 'How to Save a Marriage' which is available online I've changed my mind. I'm not saying marriage counseling won't work but you have to look at the cost involved and the embarrassment of serving up all your little foibles and problems to someone else to pick over. Its not exactly my idea of fun so faced with that prospect of eithe ...
Tags: love, sex, marriage, relationships, romance, life sex, marriage and family, romantic, loving
- Addiction And Addicts.the Lowdown
By: David Hill | - What happened to make me an addict? Why, in heavens name,is the world hounding me? I am really weary of people making judgments about me. This world has so many of the problems I need to escape from or I see I am going to lose my mind.
Alcohol addicts could often decide it is high-time to cut down on their drinking yet, as they attempt to carry out their self-oath, problems arise that lead them into worry and concern, which in turn could make the addict pick up yet more alcohol a ...
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- Drug And Alcohol Rehabs - The Gateway To A New Life
By: Isabel Baldry | - Addiction can takes on many forms; food, shopping, surfing the net, gambling, sex and much more. But the most severe addictions of all are those of drugs and alcohol - with their obvious life-threatening consequences. People from all walks of life are not spared from this global phenomenon - not even the rich and the famous. Or rather - the rich and famous are probably even more affected - think of all media reports about affected Hollywood and chart stars such as Whitney Houston for example. ...
Tags: drug rehab, alcoholism, addiction
- Understanding Addictions
By: Andrea Schneider | - Addictions eventually catch up with you and change your life in such a way that you will have to face the fact that you need help. Recovering from addictions usually happens once you have hit the bottom and finally realize that you need help from outside sources so that you can lead a life that is addiction free. There are many types of addictions that will have a devastating affect on your life.
Addictions, and recovery from them, require that you actively seek help from a sou ...
Tags: addiction, overcoming addictions, addiction recovery, types of addictions
- Addiction Recovery
By: Mary F. Zesiewicz, MD | - Copyright 2006 Mary F. Zesiewicz, MD
Addictions are pervasive in our culture. And addictions to alcohol or drugs arent the only ones out there. Addiction to shopping, sex, gambling, video games, are but a few.
Addictive habits are forms of dependence. They are habits- performed time after time- done so often, they are performed in involuntary or compulsive fashion.
Ask any addict how hard it is to break a habit. One reason these habits are so hard ...
Tags: addiction, dependency, serotonin, addction recovery, adrenaline, compulsions
- Addiction In Any Form Is Abnormal
By: Paul MacIver | - Psychological and physiological dependence on a substance or practice is the medical definition of the term addiction. An addiction is an uncontrollably strong longing for something - an abnormal kinky obsession for things. A person with an addiction is called an addict.
Addiction is in fact a hydra-headed concept having different facets. Medical researches and studies have divulged that every individual to some extent has an addiction. People who have an uncanny pin ...
Tags: addiction, drug addiction, drugs, nicotine addiction, alcohol addiction, addiction recovery, addiction treatment, gambling addiction
- Energy Enhancement Meditation, Relationships, Sex, Adultery And Keeping Your Promises.
By: Swami Satchidanand | - Everyone has split personalities within them where separate intelligences are split off from the central stem of your Soul and use the Archetypes created and used by the Hurt Inner Children.
Hurt Inner Children, split personalities are split off from the Central Soul personality when the person gets traumatised usually more in childhood by the painful and corrupt actions in life.
These Hurt Inner Children flow in and out of your consciousness and it is these split ...
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- What Is An Addiction?
By: Jack Smith | - We are addicted to a substance or an activity when we repeatedly crave for it and would go to great lengths (often even detrimental to our well being) to obtain or experience it. Addictions can be to substances such as alcohol and drugs or even to activities such as gambling and sex. When the consequences for indulging in an activity are significant and the substantial price paid for continuing it is not worth the reward, that activity is termed as an addiction.
The range of neg ...
Tags: drug addiction, prescription drugs, heroin, meth, marijuana, cocaine, crack, hydrocodone, smoking addiction, addiction rehabs
- Hydrocodone Addiction "€" A Rising Crisis
By: Jack Smith | - Commonly prescribed for its effectiveness as an analgesic or pain reliever, addiction to hydrocodone is today being viewed as a mounting crisis. While addiction to illicit drugs, like cocaine, marijuana and heroin that claim national headlines ever so often, is widely talked about, we scarcely know about hydrocodone abuse and addiction. For instance, did you know that hydrocodone is perhaps the most widely abused prescription drug in the United States of America? Or, that nationwide its use has ...
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