The Detail is in the Picture

Fear, Freedom, Sex, Death, which do you strive for most..........the myth of Dorian Gray or the ultimate desire to be Reborn.....to do it all over again.

Heath Ledger addiction to drugs and sex led to his ultimately to his premature sad death ........... was he looking to be reborn in his films or perceived as someone totally different from the real person he had to deal with inside (wish I could have helped)

Tiger Wood's extramarital problems stemmed from drug addiction abuse (Ambien and Vicodin) which ultimately ended in his sex addiction, his disgrace and his now intense difficulty in reasserting himself as the No. 1 world champion.

David Duchovny entered rehab for sex addiction, emulating his sex obsessed character in Californication.

Who doesn't love sex?

But the question has to be asked what happens when that love of sex becomes an obsession, hurting the ones we love, churning in to a dark and swirling vortex that consumes us and drives us to a level of addiction we are afraid to let go because of the love we have for it, not just the sex but the addiction....

Knowing what is good for ourselves.....

Or when are we in danger?"

Sex Addiction?

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Addiction

Addiction is defined as the continued use of a mood altering substance or behaviour despite adverse consequences.


This can include, but is not limited to alcohol abuse, drug abuse, exercise abuse, and gambling. Some defining characteristics of addiction include impaired control over subtances/behaviour, preoccupation with substance/behaviour, continued use despite consequences, and denial.


Habits and patterns associated with addiction are typically characterized by immediate gratification (short-term reward), coupled with delayed deleterious effects (long-term costs).


Physiological dependence occurs when the body has to adjust to the substance by incorporating the substance into its 'normal' functioning.


This state creates the conditions of tolerance, and withdrawal. Tolerance is the process by which the body continually adapts to the substance and requires increasingly larger amounts to achieve the original effects. Withdrawal refers to physical and psychological symptoms people experience when reducing or discontinuing a substance the body had become dependent on. 


Symptoms of withdrawal generally include but are not limited to anxiety, irritability, intense cravings for the substance, nausea, hallucinations, headaches, cold sweats, and tremors.