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Addiction--the thematic malady for our society--entails every type of psychological and societal problem.
by Stanton Peele
Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D., has been researching and treating addiction since he wrote Love and Addiction (1975). He also wrote 7 Tools to Beat Addiction. See full bio
March 25, 2008, Addiction

Comments on "Sex Addicts Anonymous Meeting, Politicians' Division"

Sex Addicts Anonymous Meeting, Politicians' Division

By Stanton Peele on March 25, 2008 in Addiction in Society

With so many political sex addicts, can it be a disease? Read More

Hard to say

Submitted by excuses on March 25, 2008 - 12:51pm.

Could labeling someone a sex addict or having them undergo SAA meetings be an excuse for their concious, deliberate behavior? Or is there actual legitimacy in some of these politician's cases? Everyone is different - but if not forced I doubt some would still label their sex habit as an "addiction".

I didn't think there were

Submitted by GentlePath on March 30, 2008 - 3:32pm.

I didn't think there were any SAA, SCA, SRA, SA, or SLAA meetings that permitted smoking.

;)

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