There Are Sex Addicts Among Us
From The Times of India, no less, comes a story about sex addiction in the U.S. Can't wait to see what Cage has to say about it...
"Sex addiction affects 3% to 5% of all Americans, according to the latest estimates. The disorder has come into the spotlight, thanks to celebrities like Russell Brand and David Duchovny, who checked into rehabilitation centres in the US to get treated.
Today there are more than eight clinics in the US offering specialist treatment to those who suffer from the disorder.
The Life Healing Centre (LHC) is in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and it offers two sex addiction programmes: one for men and the other for women.
Addiction specialist Rob Weiss,who created the sex addiction programme at LHC, said: 'Sex addicts are people who lose control over healthy sexual choices. They say things to themselves like, 'I'm not going to go to that place for sex' or 'I'm not going to see that person for sex' but they continue to do it anyway.
They show behaviours that are common to all addicts and they show consequences and thinking that is common to all addicts.'
Psychologist and author Patrick Carnes estimates three to 5% of Americans suffer from the disorder. Their behaviour can vary from compulsively watching porn online to visiting prostitutes at every opportunity.
Andy is 31 and is enrolled in the programme. He claims to have been a sex addict for years. He said: 'I was compulsive self-pleasuring, using pornography, going to prostitutes and having people sexually abuse and torture me for my pleasure.'
His addiction got so out of control that he was unable to walk for a month after a dominatrix severely sexually abused him at his request."
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I confess that (I love this
I confess that (I love this word: two beautiful things in one- con=twat and fesse=butt-),
I don't feel concerned (in french "concerné"- con=twat cerné= surrounded)
by sex add-i[n on]ction.
this comment is too complicated.
I don't like it. manamana
Geezy meezy!
Geezy meezy!
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Oh... you mean 'THOSE'
Oh...
you mean 'THOSE' brains!!!
I love 'um...
you know I do.
I've always been attracted to the intellectually gifted!!!
What do you mean...... uh-huh
What do you mean...... uh-huh ??
You said you loved my brains, both of 'um.
Where do you think LongBeach
Where do you think LongBeach has been...
she's a SEX ADDICT!!!
I have a thing for SEX ADDICTS.
Aside from her Great Ass and Fabulous Tits...
it's one of the things that I find so appealing about her.
Oh, Okay LongBeach...I'll mention your brain...
I find her brain very appealing too.
uh-huh.
Heh, LB, where you
Heh, LB, where you been?....Go take a look at the comment I posted on the Professor's blog.....
Just imagine me and you,
Tex
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Okay, I noticed that there
Okay, I noticed that there were '69' posts before I posted this............. yeah, I said '69'. I suppose that only a sex addict would notice that.
No need for a cure,
LBSexAddict
xxoo
some big mistakes have been
some big mistakes have been made that could partly explain the failure of Indian birth control policy like authoritarian and dangerous mass sterilsation programs and lack of health infrastructures :
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947859,00.html
http://popdev.hampshire.edu/projects/dt/34
Snow is a dirty word in my
Snow is a dirty word in my profession! Right now, I'm trying to outrun a storm without violating the Hours of Service rules across I-80.
Great, all that scratching on
Great, all that scratching on the screen for nothing!
Welcome to my world
Welcome to my world
LOL, top and bottom!
LOL, top and bottom!
When it comes to substance
When it comes to substance abuse (which I see as very different from casual infrequent use), there is a physical addiction that comes into play, which is amplified as tolerance levels increase through increased usage to get the same effect as before. Psychological factors that can also come into play generally involve a psychiatric condition, and the substance abuse is the attempt by the individual to "self medicate" in a way that makes them feel better.
For something to be an addiction, it must affect negatively the individual's ability to perform ADL's (activities of daily living) to such an extent as to threaten the health and welfare of the individual, especially if they were to suddenly stop the addictive behavior.
There are those who are just particularly sexually active, just as there are those who could care less about sex, and most fall somewhere in the middle of the bell curve. There are those who prefer one kind of sexual activity, others who prefer something very different.
However, what the article is claiming is that over 10 million Americans are addicted to sex, in that those 10 million cannot function normally in society or perform ADL's. That is something I find very hard to believe, and I think the article is grossly overstating their claims from a cultural bias regarding their own sexual practices and beliefs.
Geez, Taem, that's PK! Not a
Geez, Taem, that's PK! Not a chincilla!
Delete your cookies,
Tex
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Chincilla - high priced
Chincilla - high priced rodent!
Feeling the fur,
Tex
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And if you have a charger, a
And if you have a charger, a lot more dependable! LOL
Yeah, kind of not a good
Yeah, kind of not a good thing when my first instinct if there is a mutual attraction between myself and someone else is to run an extensive detailed background check, lol. I'm actually a great judge of character, kind of a handy skill when dealing with the kind of stuff I deal with regularly. But, when it comes to romance, I suck completely at reading people, and I pay dearly for that.
Believe it or not, I'm hardly alone if the forums on "that other site" are any indication.
Hence why I stopped dating entirely, and decided batteries were cheaper and safer, lol.
Contraceptives are widely
Contraceptives are widely available in India since 1990, when India decided to modify their trademark and patent laws to allow companies in India to manufacture them, so long as the process was changed in some way from how the patent holders of the original did it.
Despite this, India's population has grown by 22% since contraceptives became generally widespread.
Actually, if they were
Actually, if they were getting down all day, every day, it would indeed be unhealthy. Think of the hottest, most compelling new sex you've ever had. You are at it to the exclusion of all else. You don't care that your family or friends are getting pissed. You call in sex-sick a couple of times. And then, you succumb to exhaustion, charlie horses, and the pleasure pain just becomes pain because some things really do need to be allowed to dry out once in while. And you stop. Come up for air. Take a walk in the park. Talk. And become closer or discover that you have absolutely nothing in common.
Now imagine that you are at that the lactic acid has built to the point where your muscles spasm painfully every time you look at her. Your twat has been wet and wild so long that the raw areas out distance the closed skin. The only liquids you've taken in in days were hers. And you can't stop.
Still a good thing?
And no, not everyone likes sex to be painful.
"For sex to be an addiction,
"For sex to be an addiction, however, one must assume that sex, sexuality, and sexual attraction are completely voluntary, a conscious choice that is entirely under the control of the individuals."
I'm not sure this matters. Let's compare it to someone who becomes addicted to a drug. Initially they say to themselves, for whatever reason, I think I'll give that a try. The particular drug they choose may be determined by several variables, as are our sexual partners.
Some addicts will tell you that they would never shoot up; It just revolts them. Some folks would never do men, or BDSM, or boring old missionary sex for the same reasons. I think who and what you find sexually exciting falls into the same category as what drug you find alluring.
Beyond that, the process of addiction is the same. The first time out, and for most people on an ongoing periodic basis, the decision to imbibe, in the drug or the sex act, is a choice. The addiction comes into play when something throws off the ability to self-inhibit in order to continue to nurture other aspects of ones life.
Routed? She-he-he-he! :O
Routed? She-he-he-he!
Hmmm.... I can think of so
Hmmm.... I can think of so many details you go into in that cab. Wonder if any got on the overhead bed?
Either you've had one nut too
Either you've had one nut too many, or you need to stop obsessing with that mirror! Its all chinchilla to me!
Fluuuuffffffyyy! Nice
Thank you, sweets! Living
Thank you, sweets! Living large in The Lone Star....did ya'll get snow the other night?
Big flakes in Austin,
Tex
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It was much sexier when I
It was much sexier when I thought it was a chinchilla.
My interests run more toward
My interests run more toward tennies and cotton than heals and lace. Nice boots.
Hi Peacekitty, i could swear,
Hi Peacekitty, i could swear, I've never seen another avatar than your sweet “over the glasses gaze” pic.
love is a pebble laughing in the sun
Great thanks. :)
Great thanks.
"Fight Prime Time. Read a Book"
Hi Steph, I'm doing great.
Hi Steph, I'm doing great. Hope you're doing well too! Wishing I was in London about now... xoxo - PK
"Fight Prime Time. Read a Book"
Also, clear your cache
Also, clear your cache (cookies) to make the current avatars appears.
T
Twitter Time @kdhales
Yep, the glasses pic is
Yep, the glasses pic is showing. Also, I found that if I cleared my cache (cookies) after posting a new avatar it made it work. Hope that helps.
T
Twitter Time @kdhales
I never saw the squirrel in
I never saw the squirrel in the first place!
I am seeing the "over the glasses gaze" right this minute!
Hope you're doing well PK xxxx
I just call it a case of
I just call it a case of "subsequent frustration". lol
love is a pebble laughing in the sun
i heard of the story i didn't
i heard of the story i didn't know the guy Thanks
No fight? But I love
No fight? But I love fighting. Kelly, think ya, this line now is especially for you: "Ach ich hab sie ja nur auf die Schulter geküsst."
Nope, it's me already singing that, but I thought for some sublimation you better have to translate that line from German into your own language.
love is a pebble laughing in the sun
So tell me, is the squirrel
So tell me, is the squirrel still there? I'm seeing my "over the glasses gaze" pic.
"Fight Prime Time. Read a Book"
I just wanted to say RIP,
I just wanted to say RIP, Bettie Page. One of a kind.
(nothing to do with this blog, per se, just wanted to pay my respects to her)
http://www.bettiepage.com/obit/index.html
OMG,
OMG, bwaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Love your accent.... Asshole
Love your accent....
Asshole here,
Tex
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Extremely nice of you to give
Extremely nice of you to give the rodent Canadian shout-out!
I did notice that you were staying away from the blog topic - you need to find a pic of a chicken for the avatar - hehehe! Guess you noticed that I was actually tip toeing through the sex addition tulips myself, huh? And no one answered my marathon quesiton......maybe they don't believe it!?!?!
Staying in shape,
Tex
Twitter Time @kdhales
Haha...I'm just having
Haha...I'm just having gravatar issues all over the place. I deleted that one two days ago and have no idea why it's popping up.
It was supposed to be a nod to our Canadian friends. That's the Canadian black squirrel, which is found all over the Kent State Uni campus. It was a biology experiment.
Anyhow I was messing around with different gravitars and I still haven't sorrted out the issue.
**Notice how I'm avoiding the sex addiction topic. lol
I'm just bummed because I'm presently not getting any. I know, I know...TMI xoxo - PK
"Fight Prime Time. Read a Book"
A British "celebrity" - TV
A British "celebrity" - TV presenter/comedian/actor. He was okay when he started out - a bit different and very funny - but unfortunately has become a victim of his self-importance. He recently resigned from his BBC radio show following a rather misjudged prank call to another celeb. I am just losing patience with overpaid celebs and their tales of woe.
who is he ?
who is he ?
Russel Brand - what an
Russel Brand - what an arsehole.....
I don't think those stats are
I don't think those stats are quite accurate ...
Thinking about my married friends, who's husbands work all day and stay up all night in front of the computer viewing porn? ... where do they get the energy?
It only seems to become an 'addiction' (and they will cart themselves off to rehab) only when they are about to lose something - i.e. a wife, girlfriend or job.
Most of my friends don't seem bothered by it ...
They have less birth control
They have less birth control than in the US though ... (if any birth control).
Geezy, meezy, CA! Sounds like
Geezy, meezy, CA! Sounds like you might be having a problem with judging character.......sorry for all the former life suckers......do hope your future roads prove smoother.
All teasing aside,
Tex
Twitter Time @kdhales
Hmmm... From a strictly
Hmmm...
From a strictly scientific research point of view, a 23 hour sex marathon would be worth a try, lol.
Sorry, couldn't resist. Since reading this and the related article, my brain is simply flooded with one liners and smart ass remarks, lol.
I have an ex who turned out 4 years and over $100k later to be married to a guy. Seems he was pimping her out to lesbians so we would pay their bills for them.
Then there's the one I put through school, who dumped me 10 minutes after she graduated.
Or the one who fracked anything with a pulse while I was on the road working for weeks at a time to support the two of us.
Or the one who dislocated my shoulder because I was late getting home from work due to traffic.
Or the one who drugged and raped me.
Yeah, I paid for sex, financially, physically, and emotionally. It would have been much cheaper and far safer for me to watch a porno with my favorite toy or to go to a prostitute.
Kind of difficult to feel
Kind of difficult to feel sorry for those who get too much sex when they are likely the reason I don't get enough.
It's also difficult for me to take seriously a report out of India, the same nation that claims homosexuality is deviant behavior and should therefor remain criminalized. Besides, with a population 4 times the size of the US, one has to wonder if this isn't a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
I am agreeing....... Never
I am agreeing.......
Never sex sober,
Tex
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