Apr 07 2010
Miami Massage Parlors: Sex addiction — is it real?
Sex addiction — is it real?
By Jessica YadegaranContra Costa Times
Posted: 04/07/2010 01:00:00 AM PDT
Updated: 04/07/2010 12:11:38 PM PDT
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ADDICTS CALL IT a God-sized hole, a hollowness in the soul. It leaks no matter how much they try to fill it — and at what cost. For years, George filled his emptiness with pornography, erotic massage and, eventually, sex for hire. There was no tenderness. Even pleasure was rare because every time George engaged in his obsessive sexual behaviors, he felt dirty and even emptier than before.