Tiger Woods Enters Sex Rehab, Shifts Focus to Sex Addiction January 26th,
If you’ve been reading this blog then you know we’ve been covering the Tiger Woods story quite a bit now. I’ve been personally asked to provide my own thoughts and “expert opinions” on several occasions now that the focus has shifted to sexual addiction and sex rehab.
The LA Times called me regarding a piece they recently wrote on Tiger (you can read it by clicking on the link below). They wanted to know if I thought the rumors surround Tiger entering sex rehab are true:
“Having worked with sex addicts for 20 years, Weiss wanted to make clear that he has no firsthand knowledge that Woods is addicted to sex.
But several elements of the golfer’s story appear to fit the profile, he said, beginning with the widely circulated telephone message in which Woods allegedly asks a mistress to remove any identification from her voice mail, but doesn’t actually ask her to stop contacting him.
‘Active addicts respond to getting caught or in trouble for thier problem behavior by trying to protect it, rather do the right thing – which is to eliminate it. A healthy person (non-addict) who gets in trouble due to the abuse of addictive subtances or behaviors would say something like, “I can’t do those drugs anymore” (drug addiction) or “I can’t gamble anymore” (gambling addiction) or “I can’t see you anymore” (sex addiction) Weiss said. ‘Here, you have someone who in the very moment of being confronted by his wife for his marital who, simply tries to protect and continue to cover-up the illicit relationship rather than actually stopping the affair.’”
My hopes, in all of this media coverage of Tiger, is that the public will become more aware of the seriousness of sexual addiction (along with any other addiction) and the strength it takes to seek recovery. After all, if it’s true that Tiger has checked himself into Pinegrove, then there is no doubt that he’s a sex addict because no one gets admitted into their ‘Gentle Path Program’ unless they are actually dealing with sex and intimacy addiction.
CLICK HERE to read the full article at LA Times.