Day 2 - sexual sobriety as well as sober fro alcohol and prescruption pills
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Day 2 - sexual sobriety as well as sober fro alcohol and prescruption pills
Hi everyone my name is Andrew!
! Hope some are familiar with sex addiction - it's all the same addiction is addiction I think - my brain telling me to so things that aren't in my best interest - my brains been suggesting to me all kinds of convoluted ways to re-enter the insanity but trying to staying strong!
Anyone had any experience with sex addiction ?
! Hope some are familiar with sex addiction - it's all the same addiction is addiction I think - my brain telling me to so things that aren't in my best interest - my brains been suggesting to me all kinds of convoluted ways to re-enter the insanity but trying to staying strong!
Anyone had any experience with sex addiction ?
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I'm an addict. My addiction has crossed into many areas. Cocaine, gambling and sex were the main ones. I never sought specific help for sexual addiction. I attend Narcotics Anonymous and kinda see it as a program that covers all of my vices. If you haven't read it already read a book called 'Out of the shadows'. You can get it on amazon. It's helped me a lot. I practiced abstinence for 9 months just to see if I could. It helped put things in perspective. I'm at work right now but I will send you a message when I get in.
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Welcome to SR Andrew 
I agree it's all the same addiction, but I definitely found sex easier to give up than beer. I'm going cold turkey until I learn better ways of having healthy relationships etc... Also it's easier to give up everything at once then you don't know what's bothering you most
That's what I found anyway. Good luck x
I agree it's all the same addiction, but I definitely found sex easier to give up than beer. I'm going cold turkey until I learn better ways of having healthy relationships etc... Also it's easier to give up everything at once then you don't know what's bothering you most
That's what I found anyway. Good luck x
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There's a book called 'The Brain That Changes Itself' and it has a section on addiction. Research has shown that both substances and behaviours can increase the accumulation of a specific protein in the brain which can eventually cause a genetic change that makes someone an addict- whether the addiction is to alcohol, cocaine, sugar, nicotine, video games, sex, gambling - just about anything.
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Originally Posted by Natom 
I'm an addict. My addiction has crossed into many areas. Cocaine, gambling and sex were the main ones. I never sought specific help for sexual addiction. I attend Narcotics Anonymous and kinda see it as a program that covers all of my vices. If you haven't read it already read a book called 'Out of the shadows'. You can get it on amazon. It's helped me a lot. I practiced abstinence for 9 months just to see if I could. It helped put things in perspective. I'm at work right now but I will send you a message when I get in.
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Thanks for taking the time to respond - yea basically if it can change my mood - I want more of it - it can be any vice - not so much the substance I guess - I've done NA in the past bit right now my preoccupations are with sex - and going online to find people and all that pathological stuff - but it felt good this morning reading your response just knowing someone was responding ! Yea Patrick Carnes is certainly the sex addiction guru !
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Originally Posted by hypochondriac
Welcome to SR Andrew
I agree it's all the same addiction, but I definitely found sex easier to give up than beer. I'm going cold turkey until I learn better ways of having healthy relationships etc... Also it's easier to give up everything at once then you don't know what's bothering you most That's what I found anyway. Good luck x
I agree it's all the same addiction, but I definitely found sex easier to give up than beer. I'm going cold turkey until I learn better ways of having healthy relationships etc... Also it's easier to give up everything at once then you don't know what's bothering you most
That's what I found anyway. Good luck x 
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