Another Kind of Addict

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  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:44:42 PM

    aren t we all addicted?
    do you know someone who can walk without tripping?

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:42:33 PM

    and this knowledge we re having it inside of us,
    but it comes like Jim M would say :"listening to a fistfull of silence"
    right loveistheonlyansweror magnolia?

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:40:38 PM

    a last thing: david D is just an artist,
    sometimes you have to EXPERIMENT to KNOW
    RIGHT LOVEISTHEANSWER?

  • Posted By: tilboy @ 09/03/2008 3:03:13 AM

    can sexaddict give up this addiction after about 15 years , someone i know give it up overnight after his first session now after 18 months has gone to classes about 10 times in the past 18 months earned 3 medals for staying sober is this possible he claims this is possible is there not withdrawal symptons or is that he is in denial or do they come to terms with it , but a habit that cost him his family and still shows anger there is no remorse, or guilt

    • Posted By: cvaldez @ 09/04/2008 10:40:34 PM

      let me compare this to a drug addiction i had. after 3 years of heavy drug use and losing everything i found out i was pregnant. i gave up my lifestyle that moment and never looked back. no counceling or rehab needed, no temptation and no relapse now 3 years later. so in light of all addictions it is possible but im sorry to say very rare.

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:38:48 PM

    ok my freedom of speech has been respected I m Happy
    Thanks

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:38:11 PM

    north or south Paul?

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:37:20 PM

    Thomas Szasz for
    Peace Nobel Price

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:35:57 PM

    TO COME BACK ON THE COMMENT AND continue on loveistheanswer, of course that is the answer, but can t we feel anger?
    are you born in strawberry fields?
    or Lucy with Sky in Diamond?

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:33:48 PM

    OK SORRY SIR MONITOR, i SHOULD HAVE WAITED...big HUG

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:31:28 PM

    i M GONNA ASK FOR THE FIRST AMENDMENT

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:31:05 PM

    WHERE S THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH ?

  • Posted By: WarCloud @ 09/03/2008 12:31:15 PM

    I can't help it that you want to heap all of your sexual insecurities and baggage onto some imaginary disorder called "sexual addiction", which is very much a concoction of ultra Liberal feminist radicals with way too much time on their hands. It's so easy to just label anything that makes your bad decision making stand out as a "disease". But seriously, masturbation is now a dreaded disorder? Looking at another woman is a disease? You all are falling for the biggest scam in modern psychology..normal virile men are "diseased" and have a mental disorder? I'll look it up if I chose to continue this nonsensical conversation, but the whole thing is the creation of one particular rad fem PHd from the '80s and the Meese Commision era who decided to make a career and some fame for herself by putting forth the notion that we men are all crazy rapists and sick in the head, which of course the radical feminists cheered with glee to hear and no doubt put her book in the Top 5 over.
    Funny, I never see or hear any beautiful women complaining about their man being a "sex addict". It's always some Rosanne clone who just can't understand why hubby can't get it up over them anymore. Look in the mirror babe, you'll find all your answers right there.
    A man who wants to do every hot female he sees is perfectly normal. A man who masturbates is perfectly normal. A man who cannot take his eyes off a beautiful woman is perfectly normal. Anyone putting out any opinion to the contrary is dangerous and completely dedicated to some self serving theory which does nothing but traumatize otherwise normal men. Frankly, it sounds like some dumb thing a guy would say caught in bed with the babysitter "Oh honey, I'm a sex addict, I can't help it".
    What are you stupid cows going to do when you finally achieve your dream civilization of castrated Eunuchs anyway? Don't blame some imaginary disease created by a pseudo-doctor if you married the wrong man or you look like crap and he won't do you anymore. Is he sick? Or are you stupid and in denial?
    I got news for you maniacs. Men ARE sex addicts, because that is how Nature INTENDED US TO BE.

    • Posted By: NewsweekDaveS @ 09/03/2008 7:44:19 PM

      You are perhaps the living embodiment of the Moron Internet Commenter. Congratulations, your prize is in the mail. Learn to understand the problems of others and stop acting like a fool anonymously. No "radical feminist" has ever "accused" me of being a sex addict. My girlfriend loves sex a lot. It's just hard for me to be up for it when I've been looking at porn for 15 hours straight. Yes, douchebag, I'm addicted.

      • Posted By: newznerd @ 09/04/2008 6:52:08 PM

        If you really have a g-friend who likes sex alot then why are you going 15 hrs straight ?You deserve to be addicted and living in hell on earth u idiot.Some of us don't have g-friends/wives & might never,u both sound effd up-by a cam. 4 her or watch porn together & get a fe-male perspective on things-but u won't becuz you r afraid that she won't like it and petrified if she does.

        • Posted By: sedwicke @ 09/04/2008 10:30:46 PM

          I've been looking at porn for 15 hours straight...... sleep for 8 hours......
          Why don't you just get a JOB??!!!!

      • Posted By: newznerd @ 09/04/2008 6:38:42 PM

        Do you really have a g-friend and she loves sex alot...and you still look at porn 15 hrs straight,u deserve to be addicted u idiot.,some of us don't have wives/g-friends and might never--honor her by either watching porn with her or getting your own camera for her....sounds like you are both effd up

      • Posted By: anaasc @ 09/04/2008 4:59:36 PM

        Dear Porky...I mean Warcloud:

        OK, as far as your comment about only Roseannes complaining...I wouldn't call denise Richards (Charlie Sheen's exwife) a Roseanne (not Rosanne as you spelled it)...none of his exwives are such yet...consensus among them? How? Is Christie Brinkley a cow???!!! Mirka Arellanos, Elizabeth Hurley, Reese Whitherspoon, Uma Thurman...the list goes on and on. Beauty or lack of it has nothing to do with stupid male behavior driven by their own egos or insecurities or true disorders. To degrade women, any woman only accentuates and brings to light your horrendous lack of humanity and your worthlessness as a REAL man. Real man are pretective of women, not because women are weaker and thus needing protection but because they were loved and cared for their mothers, they have sisters they want to see happy. They afford all women that compassion and respect they have for their relatives.

        I don't know what your situation is with your own mom or sisters, but I don't think reading your comment would make them proud to call you their own. I hope you can learn to move past whatever past hurt you went through and give yourself an honest opportunity to be the man God means you to be.

        Much hope,
        anaasc

      • Posted By: nej17 @ 09/04/2008 3:35:25 PM

        I've studied psychology and human sexuality extensively, I have professional experience as an addictions counselor, and I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that WarCloud's rationalizations are *exactly* the same lines I've heard repeatedly from sex addicts. They all say the same things, and most of them blame "feminists" for their problems as well; it's almost as if they've all been popped out of the same mold.

      • Posted By: nej17 @ 09/04/2008 3:33:21 PM

        I've studied psychology and human sexuality extensively, I have professional experience as an addictions counselor, and I'd like to take this opportunity to point out that WarCloud's rationalizations are *exactly* the same lines I've heard repeatedly from sex addicts. They all say the same things, and most of them blame "feminists" for their problems as well; it's almost as if they've all been popped out of the same mold.

    • Posted By: SickOfLeeches @ 09/04/2008 9:31:55 PM

      LOL, spoken like a bitter man that no woman wants.

    • Posted By: val92610 @ 09/04/2008 7:41:37 PM

      Sorry, but GOD did NOT intend for men to be this way - nature has nothing to do with it. GOD created man. You need to get your facts straight. Your values and morals do, however. WarCloud - you need Jesus in your heart!

    • Posted By: supercalifrajalisticexpialidocious! @ 09/04/2008 5:59:19 PM

      WarCloud- grow up dude. You are sick. Really sick- please get help.

    • Posted By: SayitasIseeit @ 09/04/2008 5:10:41 PM

      I think the comments made by WarCloud are interesting but I think him and many others miss the point. Sex addition may be the wrong label as it implies that sex is a problem. It's not. However, the obsessive behaviour of constantly watching porn or wanting sex from anyone (many partners or constant frequency) is the disorder part. Meaning that if it disrupts the normal working of a day like being late for work or not attending social functions (there are more examples then I have time to write) then it is an addiction and a problem.
      I am a sex addict but I have been able to control my addiction by repecting my wife, not playing into the porn sites, staying off the computer at home for some time and realizing that I have a family I could harm or worse be put in jail for lude acts and such. David is a brave individual and unfortunately knowing if I had his fame and fortune I may be in worse shape today, he is sensible to have checking in.

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:30:27 PM

    t.szasz STILL TRYING TO RECOMMEND HIS WORK. THANK YOU MONITOR

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:29:40 PM

    LOVEISTHEONLYANSWER,
    BUT REMEMBER THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON,
    NOBODY S ONE HUNDRED PERCENT FULL OF LOVE AT EVERY SECOND,
    WE RE ALL WALKING WITH ANY KIND OF HELP, I M NOT SAYING DRUGS ARE HELPS, UNDERSTAND ME ON THIS POINT..MEMEOME ON THIS POINT,


    i

  • Posted By: KellyDanielle @ 09/04/2008 10:25:11 PM

    While I think the article is a worth while discussion it is disappointing that the media is splashing Duchovny's name all over the place likes he's a commodity rather than a person. This can't be something that is easy to deal with let alone seek help for. Give people their privacy please!

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:23:01 PM

    i RECOMMEND THE WORK OF SZASZ AND YHE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY ALSO,
    AND i D LIKE TO VOTE FOR THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR HIS WORK
    AND
    AND

  • Posted By: SEAROLLBACKONTOP @ 09/04/2008 10:21:20 PM

    read THOMAS SZASZ

  • Posted By: steed6 @ 09/04/2008 9:15:57 PM

    Why in the world does anyone besides Duchovny, his wife and his therapist need to know this? It's amazing how the ease of information dispensing in our time seems to often rule out common sense and propriety. And don't anyone say it's a good thing because it may help someone else going through the same thing. There's a greater good that overrides even that - like thinking of his kids (or their friends) who will someday read this drivel on the internet instead of learning it (or NOT) from their parents at the time of their choice. Susanna Schrobsdorff and her editor should have had the decency to say "NO!" to this "Newsweek Web Exclusive. Once again, it's all about the dollar.

  • Posted By: Luckyme777 @ 09/04/2008 8:20:21 PM

    Geez...we all have brains....the brain is a power thing...USE IT !!!!
    (or take drugs to keep IT down)

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