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Out of the Shadows : Understanding Sexual Addiction
author
:
Carnes, Patrick.
publisher
:
Hazelden Publishing
isbn10 | asin
:
1568380550
print isbn13
:
9781568380551
ebook isbn13
:
9780585171906
language
:
English
subject
Sex addiction, Behavior, Addictive, Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological.
publication date
:
1994
lcc
:
RC560.S43C38 1994eb
ddc
:
616.8583
subject
:
Sex addiction, Behavior, Addictive, Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological.
Page i
"... a formidable yet worthwhile and pioneering task in a difficult, unpopular area of disturbed human behavior... Interesting, readable, original... Of value to begin to understand these age-old complex sexual behaviors." Domeena C. Renshaw, M.D. Journal of American Medical Association
"This is an affliction that affects large numbers of men and women." Phil Donahue
"Carnes has pioneered a treatment for sex addiction." USA Today
"What's significant about the (sexual addiction) concept is that it gives people a label for understanding their very puzzling and destructive patterns of sexual behavior." John Grace, therapist St. Paul Pioneer Press/Dispatch
"Carnes is the acknowledged expert in a field that until recently didn't exist." Philadelphia
"I just want to say thank you for understanding me. It's the first time that I felt my problem crystallized for me. I not only (speak) as a professional, but as an addict. It's the first step for me." Anonymous
Page iii
Out of the Shadows
Understanding Sexual Addiction
Second Edition
Patrick Carnes, Ph.D.
Page iv
Hazelden Center City, Minnesota 55012-0176
1992 by Patrick J. Carnes, Ph.D. All rights reserved. Second edition 1992 Previously published as The Sexual Addiction Previously published by CompCare Publishers 1992 First published by Hazelden Foundation 1994 Printed in the United States of America
No portion of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without the written permission of the publisher
ISBN: 1-56838-055-0
Editor's note:
The Twelve Steps are reprinted and adapted with permission of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. Permission to reprint and adapt the Twelve Steps does not mean that AA has reviewed or approved the contents of this publication, nor that AA agrees with the views expressed herein. AA is a program of recovery from alcoholism onlyuse of the Twelve Steps in connection with programs and activities that are patterned after AA, but that address other problems, does not imply otherwise.
Page v
This book is intended as a guide to understanding both the sexual addiction and the Twelve Steps as a means of recovery. Neither the book, its author, nor its publisher endorses any specific Twelve Step group for sexual compulsiveness. Readers are encouraged to investigate thoroughly any such group as to its appropriateness for them.
Page vii
Contents
Foreword
ix
Preface
xv
IntroductionA Moment Comes for Every Addict
xix
1. The Addiction Cycle
1
2. The Levels of Addiction
23
3. The Family and the Addict's World
63
4. Co-addiction
87
5. The Belief System
115
6. Twelve Steps to Recovery
133
7. The Future Is Conditional
161
References
165
Resource Guide
169
Twelve Step Fellowships
173
About the Author
175
Index
177
Page viii
Charts and Diagrams
The Addictive System
15
Levels of Addiction
54
The Abuse Checklist
74
The World of the Sexual Addict
82
The Co-addictive System
93
The Co-addict's Checklist
100
The World of the Co-addict
110
The Male Sexual Addict's Beliefs about Sex, Men, and Women
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