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Husband Asks for Help With His Addiction to Sex

Dr. Doug Weiss - 12/14/2007

Dr Weiss, where do I begin? I am not sure how this is classified. I am newly married. I love my wife and am sexually satisfied by her. But I have repeatedly gone online for a search to talk sexually with others and discuss sexual matters of meeting to have sex. I see pictures send pictures, talk about sex and get to the point of the meeting then never follow thru. My wife has found this before, I tried counseling one on one for a few times. After I thought I was on the right path I would go back to the chat lines, sex web sites and start over. What is this? And where can I begin to stop?

You sound like an opportunist as well as possible sex addict. One-on-one counseling is not near as effective unless you combine it with a 12-Step support group. You also may want to make sure that the counselor that you go to specializes in sexual addiction recovery. Also, set up consequences for yourself when you act out. To kill the opportunist behaviors, take a polygraph test for your wife quarterly to silence the secret world. As long as you have secrets you will stay sick. Please get serious ASAP. I have seen many men wish they had not cheated on their wives. Don't be a statistic, please get informed and start immediately. It would also be a good idea to put a block on your Internet.

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