2-2-2010 Michigan:
Metro Detroit sex addicts are finding help
Every week, all around southeastern Michigan, dozens of people gather in church basements and hospital classrooms to talk about their deepest sexual secrets.
Sex addiction didn't start with Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods is the latest in a line of celebrities to acknowledge or be linked to compulsive sexual behaviors. In 2002, the former husband of Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry reportedly checked himself into a rehabilitation center for treatment of a sex addiction.
What do you want to know about sex addiction?
The Free Press hosted a Web chat today on sexual addiction with therapists Dennis Sugrue, Bloomfield Hills, and Joe Kort, Royal Oak. The discussion was moderated by Patricia Anstett, Free Press medical writer. You can replay the chat below and continue the discussion in the story forum.
Take this quiz: Are you a sex addict?
Take the following quiz from Sexoholics Anonymous to see whether you have any of the symptoms of sex addiction.
Sexual addiction: Ways to stop the impulse
Sex therapist Dennis Sugrue offers these tips to help people overcome sexually compulsive behaviors:
Help for sexual addiction
Sexaholics Anonymous and S-Anon International Family Groups offer help and support groups patterned after 12-step fellowship programs. In southeastern Michigan, Lansing, Toledo and Windsor, call 586-997-7518 or go to SA's Detroit's Web site at www.sa-detroit.com. Elsewhere, go to the Web site for Sexaholics Anonymous,www.sa.org/contact/php, or call 866-424-8777. Partners and family members looking for S-Anon groups can e-mail sanon@sanon.org or call 800-210-8141. ..Source.. Detroit Free Press
February 2, 2010
Sex addiction: Let's talk about it
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John Walsh is a sexual deviant who dound himself 'curable', yet denies this is possible for others.
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