Thank you for your post lonegael-- I think you and I are of similar mindset.

Thank you pegasus for your post
I was wondering though-- I've heard over and over again, people state that their sex "addiction" isn't about the sex -- so I don't think it's about the pleasure of it but the escape from anxiety-- like a compulsion or obssession is.
for drug or alcohol addicts-- it may START out as pleasure but I can honestly say -- having lived with addicts-- that by the time it's a full blown addiction the pleasure goes and is replaced with strong and upsetting physical need by the body(eating, sleeping and other healthy body needs go by the way side)-- the body is truly addicted. even smokers can attest to the physical reactions of an addiction-- the chemical that is needed to be added to the body-- that the body craves.
I could understand it being labeled as a sex "disorder" rather than an "addiction". or a compulsion or obssession. I just have not been convinced where it is an "addiction".... yet.

respectfully,
fins