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Tiger effect? Sex addicts come out of the woods

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Tiger Woods’ shocking cheating admission and subsequent parade of alleged paramours has resulted in more than just unending fodder for the tabloids. The golf superstar has also given comfort to spouses who have long suspected their partners are incapable of fidelity, says Maureen Canning, a licensed marriage and family therapist who works with addiction facilities such as Meadows in Wickenburg, Ariz.

“Woods has created a dialogue among couples, giving them a definition for a serious problem that’s plagued relationships,” Canning says. “Women are finally realizing, ‘I’m not the only one.’”
Until recently, sex addiction seemed like an affliction exclusive to show-biz types. In 2000, self-described sex addict/new husband Michael Douglas reportedly signed a prenup that included a $5 million “straying fee” should he bed someone other than wife Catherine Zeta-Jones. R&B singer Eric Benet attended sex rehab in 2003 after admittedly cheating on then-wife Halle Berry. David Duchovny, who also plays a sex addict on TV’s Californication, sought treatment—and saved his 13-year marriage to actress Tea Leoni — by going to Meadows in 2008. And last year, on the heels of Woods’ confession, ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips was caught cavorting with his 22 year-old production assistant, cried sex addiction and headed to rehab.
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    • Women are sex addicts too.
      Addiction of any kind is a web that damn near anyone can fall into.
      Especially when the immediate sphere of endeavors, work, career and other projects are well conquered and squared away, there opens a search or perhaps a need for new adventure - a new horizon. It can be quite innocent.

      If one were single, it may be any a new love - or being open for dating. Maybe some other, entirely different venue, like race car driving. - Something new, something adventuresome. A new romance.

      And new candy, whether sex, drugs and rock n roll; or race car driving, or bungy jumping - or stamp collecting tends to open a door.

      A new path asks for more. - It's only later that most of us learn just where that path leads. We have to be shown.

      No one can tell you "No, no - " - You have to stick your face in it.

      That'll teach ya. -

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