There are, despite changes in the way that we define addiction, a number of people that do not believe that sex addiction exists. The session definition of an addiction is that the behaviour itself is continued despite the individual knowing that it is leading to adverse consequences. In the case of my clients the sex addiction has reached a crisis point.
For many individuals this includes the loss or threatened loss of a loved person in the individual life, possible risk of criminal charges, potential for loss of employment or actual employment termination or a combination of factors that have literally caused the individual to acknowledge that the behaviour they are engaging in is inappropriate, damaging and ultimately self-destructive.