WHAT IS SEX ADDICTION?

Sex addiction is a way some people medicate their feelings to cope with their emotional pain to the point that their sexual behavior becomes the major coping mechanism for stresses in their life. The individual often can not stop this sexual behavior for any great length of time by themselves.

The sex addict spends a lot of time in the pursuit of his or her sexual behavior.

WHY DO PEOPLE BECOME SEXUALLY ADDICTED?

Generally speaking there are three reasons: biological, psychological, and spiritual reasons.

The biological addict is someone who has conditioned their body and mind to receive endorphins and enkephlines (brain chemicals) through reinforcing a sexual fantasy state with the use of an orgasm with sexually images or thoughts.... their DRUG of choice.

Psychologically a person finds the need to medicate with sex (drug of choice) to escape physical, emotional or sexual abuse.

Spiritually a person may use their sexual addiction to fill the hole in them (the emotional void) that only God can fill in another. The addiction is their spiritual force - it now comforts them, celebrates them and is always available to them.

Some people can suffer from all three reasons for sexual addiction.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEX ADDICTION AND A HIGH SEX DRIVE?

A person with a high sex drive is satisfied with sex - sex is not being used to fix some thing else... and when their partner happens to say "NO" to sex it doesn't make the other partner go off the handle thinking their partner is totally rejecting them or leave them feeling as though they need to act out in some other way - usually sexual and with porn.