Overcoming Sexual Addiction: Is it Really Possible?

Addiction is a term borrowed from the Substance Abuse Treatment field. In the past few decades, it has been applied to compulsive and out of control sexual behavior because it mirrors a lot of the same qualities as a substance abuse problem. For example, not being able to stop, needing more to get the same result, and continued use despite negative consequences are all things that can be found in both sexual and substance problems. It could be argued that sex problems are more difficult to deal with because sexuality is part of you, while abusable substances are not. In 1 Corinthians 6:18 (NIV), Paul says, “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.” The bottom line is that we are dealing with something very personal that is attached to our deeper self. Throughout the…