How to Respond to Sex Addiction “Deniers”

Posted on June 29th, 2010

I recently heard Bill Maher on TV deny the existence of sex addiction. Brilliant Bill Maher!! He didn’t really make a case; all he did was look sarcastic and say “sex addiction? Give me a BREAK.” I’ve recently noticed that Sex Addiction “Deniers” are more prevalent than I had thought so here are a few of the idiotic theories that deniers toss out followed by some suggested responses.

Kids Know Pornography When They See It

Posted on June 22nd, 2010

“This stuff comes barreling down the generations like a locomotive.” So said a man I’ll call Ted. Because so many sex addicts lead a double life, a “secret” life, they may believe (and their partners may believe) that their younger school-age children are not directly affected. Ted knows better. He’s a tall, good looking, successful 45 year old recovering sex addict. He remembers that when he was a kid growing up his father had a second home down the street from where the family lived which the father used to house his “girlfriends”. Kids know what’s going on, even young kids, and they know when something isn’t right. It affects them and skews their sense of what constitutes normal relating in ways they can’t understand or verbalize at the time.