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Cybersex Addiction in the Workplace
Cybersex addiction in the workplace is a problem the world over. Findings from an Australian study show that people addicted to cybersex can spend up to 10 hours per day on-line. People in recovery from cybersex addiction state that they go throu...
Porn Apps - What do you think about that?!
Now you can download porn directly to your iPhone. Anyone can watch porn any where, any place, and any time and you (or your kids) can be subjected to watching it if you happen to be trapped next to a viewer - like on an airplane. According to a ...
Is your teen sexting?
According to this msnbc article many teens are sexting on their cell phones and on-line. Sexting means sending any kind of sexually explicit photos or videos of oneself or another or sexual chatting either on-line or via cell phone. It seems that t...
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/?wa...
Assessment, Diagnosis & Treatment of Sex Addiction in NYC
The Eastern Group Psychotherapy Society is sponsoring a workshop I will be presenting this Sunday, November 22, 2009 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM entitled, Assessment, Diagnosis & Treatment of Sex Addiction: An Advance Approach to Individual and Group...
New Sex Addiction Recovery Book: Hope & Freedom for Sexual Addicts and Their Partners
This exciting new book comes from Milton Magness, Ph.D. If you are new to sexual addiction recovery take a moment to go to the website below and check it out! Hope & Freedom for Sexual Addicts and Their Partners Includes information about: ...
Workshops for Sexually Compulsive & Addicted Men in Texas
This is the ninth year of this program: Workshops for Sexually Compulsive and Addicted Men. These workshops are designed for men new to recovery, men struggling to maintain their recovery, or men undecided as to whether they are sexually addicted....
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 ...
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 Sacra...
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 opportuni...
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 a...
Affective Neuroscience and Sex Addiction
For those of you more interested in an academic look at Sex Addiction as a problem of early childhood attachment patterns, you can order an article I wrote from the Journal of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity by going to the link below. http://www.i...
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 acc...
The Porn Industry Kills…
Whether or not pornography is good for a culture or not is a complicated topic. On the one hand the right to print and view porn is a free speech issue, and on the other hand it can be a human rights issue. Many young men and women die every yea...
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 messag...
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:...
Behavioral Health & Addictive Disorders Conference
Join me from May 27 - May 29 in Seattle, Washington for the U.S. Journal’s 22nd Annual Northwest Conference on Behavioral Health and Addictive Disorders. I will be a keynote speaker at 9:00 am on Friday, May 29 talking about my new book, ̶...
Sex addiction and eating disorders
The two behavioral addictions that most resemble one another, and often go hand-in-hand, are sex addiction and eating disorders. Both of these problems are difficult to change because the human race can’t survive without sex or food. Howe...
Women Turn To Sex Industry Due to Economic Downturn
I feared it was a matter of time before we began to see young women, and men, turning to the sex industry to make ends meet. This article on the msnbc website tells us just that. With the loss of jobs and financial struggles many are having, young wo...
2nd Women’s Summit at Life Healing Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
On March 19, 2009 Life Healing Center of Santa Fe brought together a tour de force of women to take on the task of helping female sex and love addicts! I am writing to you from Santa Fe, New Mexico where I just spent the past 2 1/2 days with approxim...
Social Networking for Recovery
One Recovery is a social networking system for those in recovery from most anything. If you need a way to connect to others and can’t always make a meeting, this is a place to check out. While not the best choice for getting out of isolation ...
Don’t Wait for Tomorrow to Change Your Life!
When does your recovery begin? Are you waiting for tomorrow, the next holiday or “someday” in the future? Your life is on now and if you are living a double life, lying to yourself and the people you most care about, it’s time...
Is sex addiction really a disease?
Healthblog came out with an article at the end of September and opened it up to readers. How do you weigh in on this topic? Is sex addiction really a problem or a sociallly constructed idea? Is it just an excuse to “behave badly,” o...
Evan Handler’s “It’s Only Temporary”
Evan Handler who appeared in "Sex and the City" admits to having had a cybersex addiction. He has a book coming out in spring 2009 called, "It's Only Temporary." You can learn more about this by clicking on this link: http:...
Nothing Sexy about Sex Addiction
As sex addiction gets more talked about, it gets legitimized as a bona fide problem. Courtney Kaminski writes a very smart article in the Brock Press entitled, “Nothing Sexy about Sex Addiction. Here is an excerpt from the article: However,...
Eliot Spitzer Slapped on the Hand!
