Though Widely Misunderstood, Sex Addiction is Real & Potentially Devastating Disorder
Over the past few decades, Americans appear to have become more educated about the very real problems of alcoholism and drug addiction. But if popular culture and the response to news stories involving high-profile individuals such as actor David Duchovny or former NY Governor Elloit Spitzer are accurate indicators, when it comes to sex addiction, the mindset of the general public seems to be considerably less enlightened.
Sexual Recovery Institute Founder Debunks Porn Addiction Myths within Orthodox Jewish Community
Los Angeles, CA (November 2009) – Los Angeles-based Sexual Recovery Institute, known internationally as a leader for its sexual addiction recovery Two-Week Intensive Program, has announced that Founder Robert Weiss will be speaking at the upcoming “Sin or Sickness: Internet Porn and Gambling in the Orthodox Community” workshop. Presented by the Aleinu Family Resource Center and the Rabbinical Council of California, the process addiction-focused workshop will be held at the Simon Wiesenthal Center from 12pm – 5pm on November 18, 2009.
Sex Addiction in the Military
Our very own Founding Director, Rob Weiss, who is on his way to Japan this week to provide training for military clinicians over there, recently spoke to a group of psychotherapy and addiction treatment professionals regarding sexual addiction and porn problems in the military. The purpose of his presentation was to shed light on why the military is seeing the problem of sex addiction on the rise as more troops return home. One of the papers he presented during the event was “Escaping the Pain: Examining the Use of Sexually Compulsive Behavior to Avoid the Traumatic Memories of Combat” by Michael D. Howard. CLICK HERE for an abstract on the paper or read it below:
Sexual Recovery Institute Preps as Sex Addiction Hits Mainstream Media
LOS ANGELES – (Business Wire) Los Angeles-based Sexual Recovery Institute(SRI), whose Two-Week Intensive Programs have treated numerous celebrities and high profile business people throughout the United States, has already begun to experience an onslaught of interest about sexual addiction and unhealthy compulsive behaviors as the mainstream media escalates their focus on this global phenomenon affecting men and women from all walks of life.
Coping with Sexual Addiction Urges
No one has to tell you what a sexual addiction urge is. If you have a sexual addiction, you probably experience it all too frequently. But it may be helpful to know that an urge (or craving) is a state of tension and anticipation that you experience as a desire for the specific activity. It’s also, as sexual addicts well know, uncomfortable – sometimes almost unbearably so. The longer the urge lasts, the worse it gets. Due to the immediate relief you feel once you act upon the urge, the likelihood increases that you’ll act on the urge again. In other words, the urge to engage in a sexually compulsive or addictive behavior, once acted upon, satisfies the urge – but only for a while before the scenario is repeated. Sometimes urges are acted on out of habit. Although these may be unconscious reactions, once you try to stop the behavior, the urges return with a vengeance.
