Reading this article really hit home. I am a divorced woman of a sexual addict. Actually most of my previous relationships tended to be men with some kind of addiction.
I definitely believe that there is such thing as a sexual addict. I don't know what makes them tick but I know from experience it does exist. Needless to say, he sat me down and told me what he was experiencing and the choice was mine to stay or leave. I left.
He has since left this world but he shared with me his feelings about woman. Woman to him were expendable sexually. He had pornography, the Internet (although the Internet was pretty new at the time), videos, the sex stores, girlie clubs.....the list goes on and on.
To him, it wasn't emotional it was completely physical. He was not the mean guy, he was the guy that any woman would fall in love with. The nice sensitive type, putting YOU as number one.
I think any addiction characteristic is the same. I, myself, am a work-a-holic. I can admit that and it does cause issues in relationships because people think I am CRAZY. I do it because it is in my nature to work hard and play harder. It has it's ups and downs.
I am glad you had this post, it feels good to talk about it.
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Reading this article really hit home. I am a divorced woman of a sexual addict. Actually most of my previous relationships tended to be men with some kind of addiction.
I definitely believe that there is such thing as a sexual addict. I don't know what makes them tick but I know from experience it does exist. Needless to say, he sat me down and told me what he was experiencing and the choice was mine to stay or leave. I left.
He has since left this world but he shared with me his feelings about woman. Woman to him were expendable sexually. He had pornography, the Internet (although the Internet was pretty new at the time), videos, the sex stores, girlie clubs.....the list goes on and on.
To him, it wasn't emotional it was completely physical. He was not the mean guy, he was the guy that any woman would fall in love with. The nice sensitive type, putting YOU as number one.
I think any addiction characteristic is the same. I, myself, am a work-a-holic. I can admit that and it does cause issues in relationships because people think I am CRAZY. I do it because it is in my nature to work hard and play harder. It has it's ups and downs.
I am glad you had this post, it feels good to talk about it.
August 30, 2008 - 2:07pmThis Comment
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