Life inside a sex clinic
There is an interesting news article over on the BBC website regarding life inside a sex addiction rehab clinic. TO be quite honest I did not even know these places existed. It would be interesting to hear comments and feedback from people who have actually spent time in one of these rehab centers.
I am quite sceptical how effective these places can be in treating sex addictions. I mean by isolating someone from all the sexual triggers you may get a short-term abstention, but what happens when this person is released into the free world again? How exactly will he/ she be trained to fight those daily urges that all addicts experience in recovery?
Read the article here
I agree w/your take on the actual “cure” rate of these places. To me, it is just an extension of the clients actual behavior,literally enabling them to continue by “repenting/rehab(a very bad joke at best)/confession and forgiveness” at a hefty price tag.
A boy’s club to swap stories and learning new forms of game playing.
As a former sex worker in the BDSM field, I have previously experienced a bloom in the amount of men who want to “try and get close to the flame” as one client put it. The rationale that we are literally a supernatural being empowered with unspoken abilities to read minds, only gives rise to allegedly powerful men who, in reality, are little boys pulling the wings off flies that need some form of reinforcement in relation to their actual selves. If you’ve ever run into a client in the straight world, their reaction is always priceless. And textbook.
I personally do not feel that “sex addiction” is a valid complaint. Sex is, in it’s truest pure form, a powerful tool.
Men cannot biologically give up this drive – we’d be long out of business if they did.
So called clinics are no more than a panacea. It encourages this behavior by making it “bad” and starting the cycle up again. Because “bad” equals fun and stretching the limits. No bigger rush than that.
How many women who emulate this behavior are pilloried?
It’s only the latest badge of masculinity affirmation for those who can afford it. A form of advertising if you will.
Alice, I believe the term they use is “sick”, not “bad”. They are sick people, not bad people. There is a big difference. Also, it’s not about sex drive, it’s that their lives become unmanageable. That’s when it becomes addiction.
Having been to a residential treatment facility for sexual addiction, I can say that your first commenter is wrong.
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