Sex addiction my ass

Is it just me or have we created all sorts of new syndromes and addictions to explain away poor behaviour on the part of some individuals? The one that really gets me - the sex addict. A man (or woman) can now have an excuse for why he watches 4 hours of internet porn everyday, and/or masturbates his day away, and/or cheats on his partner, and/or has to have one-night stands with as many women as he can get.

A true addiction has a physiologic component to it. An alcoholic or drug addict goes through extreme withdrawal symptoms if they don't feed their addiction. I suppose that a person who engages in the activities listed above has a problem if this interferes with their everyday life, but who's to say that a guy can't masturbate 10 times a day and still function properly at work and at home.

Somebody who cheats constantly on their partner, continually surfs for porn, or beds multiple partners has poor impulse control. And some sort of underlying sadness or "stuff" that needs to be dealt with. Putting a label on the guy .... where is the incentive to take ownership and smarten up? David Duchovney is probably laughing his ass off in "sex addict rehab" because now he is not to blame for cheating on his wife for years. It was his "addiction".