Sex Addiction 101

A Basic Guide to Healing from Sex, Porn, and Love Addiction

Author: Robert Weiss PhD, LCSW

Are You Addicted to Sex?   Here are ten key signs of sexual addiction:

1. A pattern of out-of-control sexual behavior.
2. Severe or ongoing life consequences due to sexual behavior.
3. An inability to stop sexual behavior despite adverse consequences and previous attempts to stop.
4. Persistent pursuit of self-destructive or high-risk sexual behavior (to self or others).
5. Important social, recreational, or occupational activities are sacrificed or reduced because of sexual behavior.
6. Ongoing desire for change or failed attempts to limit sexual behavior.
7. Sexual obsession and fantasy are becoming primary emotional coping strategies.
8. The amount of time spent in sexual activity or the intensity of sexual experiences increases because the current level is insufficient.
9. Severe mood changes around sexual activity (before, during, or after).
10. Inordinate amounts of time spent in obtaining sex, being sexual, or recovering from sexual experiences.

The number of affordable, easy links to pleasurable sexual online content is on the rise.   Activity increases with the accessibility of technology.   So, too, has sex addiction.

People struggling with sex, porn, and love addiction typically have little understanding of this incredibly complicated disease.   Sex Addiction 101  covers everything from what sexual addiction is and how it can best be treated, to how it affects various subgroups of the population such as women, gays, and teenagers.   The book also provides sex addicts with strategies to protect themselves from the online sexual onslaught.

 Sex Addiction 101  is intended to enlighten the clinical population as well as actual sex addicts and their loved ones.   Along with his mentor Patrick Carnes, Weiss has become the face of and driving force behind understanding and treating sex addiction; this book should be a core title in every addiction collection.