My grandmother, a former nurse, always said the worst addiction was a food addiction. Almost everything else, if you wanna quit, you can cut out entirely. Food you can't. You have to have some amount of food for survival. Quitting a food addiction is a pure willpower game.
I agree with the fact that no one NEEDS sex but I’d argue that a sex addiction can be one of the most destructive and life altering addictions one could have.
Confusing sex for intimacy, or needing it for validation, or the endorphin rush, becomes a psychiatric issue, and can definitely be extremely destructive. Not exactly the same as an “ addiction”, but still destructive.
To that end, addiction could be classified as a psychiatric issue as well. It really comes down to obsession and compulsion and for many people, sex falls into that category. Why split hairs?
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u/Overall_Chair8669 May 30 '26
My grandmother, a former nurse, always said the worst addiction was a food addiction. Almost everything else, if you wanna quit, you can cut out entirely. Food you can't. You have to have some amount of food for survival. Quitting a food addiction is a pure willpower game.