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<blockquote data-quote="rejectedmom" data-source="post: 235552" data-attributes="member: 2315"><p>Your husband is an addict. All that applies to addicts applies to your husband. There is plenty of information out there on sexual addiction and it does not have to be actual physical sex. It can be phone sex or pornography, It can also be self manipulation or the use of prostitutes. Bottom line is that the person with the addiction actually gets high on the harmones released during his/her sexual exploits. The more he acts on seeking out that high, the more addicted he becomes until eventually it takes over his life. This is one of the hardest addictions to kick because humans are sexual beings. The key to recovery is that the addict has to want help, has to work hard at avoiding all the trigger behaviors, and has to learn how to be healthily intimate. It is a long hard process and the statistics are not good for couples in which one of them is a sex addict. I suggest you do your homework, read about it, find out what it entails to overcome this addiction and to stay in recovery, and then decide if you want to stay in this marriage or leave and find a new life. There are cases of financial ruin due to downloaded cable videos, phone sex and the use of prostitutes. All the same emotional and financial pitfalls of living with a drug addict apply. </p><p></p><p>That said I am so very sorry that you are in this position. You do need to talk to your therapist about this. And, it is NOT you that caused this problem but your husband will try to convince you that it is. It is what addicts do. -RM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rejectedmom, post: 235552, member: 2315"] Your husband is an addict. All that applies to addicts applies to your husband. There is plenty of information out there on sexual addiction and it does not have to be actual physical sex. It can be phone sex or pornography, It can also be self manipulation or the use of prostitutes. Bottom line is that the person with the addiction actually gets high on the harmones released during his/her sexual exploits. The more he acts on seeking out that high, the more addicted he becomes until eventually it takes over his life. This is one of the hardest addictions to kick because humans are sexual beings. The key to recovery is that the addict has to want help, has to work hard at avoiding all the trigger behaviors, and has to learn how to be healthily intimate. It is a long hard process and the statistics are not good for couples in which one of them is a sex addict. I suggest you do your homework, read about it, find out what it entails to overcome this addiction and to stay in recovery, and then decide if you want to stay in this marriage or leave and find a new life. There are cases of financial ruin due to downloaded cable videos, phone sex and the use of prostitutes. All the same emotional and financial pitfalls of living with a drug addict apply. That said I am so very sorry that you are in this position. You do need to talk to your therapist about this. And, it is NOT you that caused this problem but your husband will try to convince you that it is. It is what addicts do. -RM [/QUOTE]
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