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Recovery from addiction

How to have normal relationship

Summary:  This is the email exchange  that I had with a man (Arthur) and his lover (Tina).  I started off by talking about his addictions.

My first reaction is that he suffers from many addictions.  Starting with sex, he might as well be addicted to big women, large breasted women, and even, to pornography.  All of these need to be treated as almost all addictions are treated by psychologists.

It should also be remembered that both men and women like what they like.  And there is nothing to feel bad about it or not to admit it to themselves and to their loved ones.  When these feelings are denied and suppressed, a lot of the problems start.  Over-indulgence, however, is bad because then it creeps into other aspects of one's life and destroys everything else.  My argument is the same that I use for alcohol.  An occasional drink has many nutritional and emotional benefits but an alcoholic is a big problem.  So looking at large breasts on a sexy woman can actually enhance a man's sexual appetite, which he can then satisfy with his current partner but what is happening in Arthur's case is damaging to him and everyone around him.

It is also important to understand that what we like to see is not the same as who we want to fall in love with and get married and spend the rest of life with.  So many men and women go to adult entertainment centers where they can feast their eyes on whatever physical beauty that they want but they will not necessarily marry one of those or even make friends with.  If you asked me, like most men, I like pretty women but will I marry the prettiest woman that I know even if she does not have other things that are critical for me in my spouse (intelligence, interesting, funny, engaging, educated, attributes of a mother if I want to have a child, etc. etc.).  So the answer is that we can like one thing but fall in love with something else.

If nothing is done, Arthur's self-destructive behavior will continue and may get even worse.  This sort of behavior will make neither him nor his partner happy in anyway.  I am not even sure that a drop-dead gorgeous, busty woman as his partner will make a big difference.  Arthur needs to understand the value of committed relationships, the fun of discovering secrets of sex with your own partner, and the joys of living in a relationship based on love and trust.  It is perfectly acceptable to include external stimulator but it should be done preferably in the company of your partner as a joint activity so that you can both enjoy sex later on.

Typically in such cases I suggest the following program that works pretty effectively:

  • Detoxification of the mind:  A step designed to essentially clean up the mind.  It is like an enema in the brain.  When negative emotions accumulate over time, they need to excrete before any new emotions can be put inside.

  • Introduction to healthy relationships (including flirting, romance and sex)

  • Preparation for a healthy relationship through training and practice

  • Enter into a healthy relationship under supervision and then transform one's life over time.

Whom we like and fall in love with is highly complex and cannot be explained by just one phenomenon.  I have seen people fall in love with such different people that you just wonder what is the common theme here.  This is something that is not well understood.  

And oh yes, we change all the time.  What you like as a teenager is not the same as what you like once you grow up.  Even after that once you gain experience you learn from them and change what you like.  Experience is everything.  As you gain new knowledge, you like new things.  Most people are, therefore, very confused about what they like.  Sometimes your mind tells you that you feel attracted to something and you like it but you can change that opinion later and discover that you were wrong.

 
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