YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

I just got out of detox for sex addiction. Checked myself in to my local mental health hospital because I couldn't take it anymore. Insurance only paid for 8 days, so I didn't get much treatment, but enough to put me on my feet and look for SAA meetings. Does anyone here have sex/relationship addictions? This is a new development for me, but something I've always struggled with. I have been sober from alcohol for 20 years, but never wanted to admit I was addicted to relationships and sex. Since getting out of treatment, I've closed all of my online dating accounts and had a friend come over and help me delete all of my hook up numbers from my phone. It's so weird to have so much recovery in my life but have no recovery in this other area of my life.

No one has replied, but it looks like plenty have read. Since that last post, I've racked up 6 months of sexual sobriety in a support group and am doing much better. I don't come around the forum too much because part of my addiction took place online scoping out and dating people from online dating sites, so sometimes I'm just scared of getting too involved in a community. I know there are other sex addicts around here, will some of you please come forward?

I know there are a few on the site I linked you!

Jenny, hope some other sex addicts have PM'd you or you found them some other way. I do have a question though; being totally ignorant about the addiction. Is this something that you battle against all day long or does it intensify at certain times of day or specific triggers, etc?

Jenny,

Great job in working on your addiction. If you don't mind, I'd like to understand more what is involved in that, and briefly hear your story. I'll PM you.

Count me in to the 'dick'-scussion (disc-'suction'?).
I'm overwhelmed by intrusive sexual thoughts and my wife and half of humanity are my triggers.
Just getting started on dealing with this; it has gotten out of hand and hurt my relationship with my wife.