Sex addiction: An excuse for infidelity or genuine disorder?

The overwhelming need for sexual satisfaction can destroy lives, but there is hope for recovery, writes Jackie Frank

ADDICTIONS to alcohol, drugs and gambling can destroy lives, but less well known and more controversial is the overwhelming need for sexual satisfaction so intense that psychologists compare it to crack cocaine.

US Representative Anthony Weiner stepped down from Congress under pressure from fellow Democrats, including President Barack Obama, after he admitted to “sexting” in which he sent lewd pictures of himself to young women. He said he was seeking treatment for an unspecified problem.