Category Archives: Addiction

Thank You For Sharing

I’ve long thought that sex and love addiction would be a great topic for a movie and now I’ve seen three recent movies on this theme and they are all excellent. I did not detect one false note. * Thank … Continue reading

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Compulsions

What obsession or addiction have you suffered from? Addiction to sex, love and fantasy. Since the age of seven when I learned I could sit in a chair and drift off into a daydream of doing great things, going on … Continue reading

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The Day I Learned How To Make The Pain Go Away

It was a Sabbath afternoon. God, how I hated the Sabbath. We were Seventh-Day Adventists at Avondale College in Cooranbong (comes from the Aboriginal word “Kour-an-bong”, meaning “rocky bottom creek”) and you weren’t allowed to do anything fun on the … Continue reading

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Is Sex Addiction Real?

I’ve got an essay in the New York Observer. Chaim Amalek says: Has any male Jewish role model attained fame for reasons that included celibacy? No. Does the Torah (the real one) command that a Jewish man be celibate? No. … Continue reading

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My Favorite Drugs

I’ve never touched illegal drugs nor had more than a few mouthfuls of beer and wine, but over the past year, I’ve received great benefit from listening to 12-step lectures for drug and alcohol addicts. I feel like I have … Continue reading

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