Sexual Addiction – Complex, Often Misunderstood Issue
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH) defines sexual addiction as “a persistent and escalating pattern or patterns of sexual behaviour acted out despite increasingly negative consequences to self and others.” Sexual addiction can take many forms, including masturbation addiction, pornography addiction and other out of control repetitive behaviours like exhibitionism, multiple affairs and prostitution. SASH estimates that between 3-5% of Americans suffer from sexual addiction based on the amount of individuals who seek treatment.
Sexual addiction is similar to other addictions in many ways. Sex addicts can have a family history of addiction and suffer from multiple addictions at the same time. Sexual addiction changes brain chemistry and the consequences of this addiction can be devastating. Addiction researchers now employ search frequency research to help keep pace with this complex and controversial issue.
Sex Addicts Anonymous – Variety of 12 Step Programs Available
Sex Addicts Anonymous was founded in 1977 and models itself after the original 12 Step program, Alcoholics Anonymous. This popular form of fellowship brings together individuals coping with similar addictions for support and guidance. Graph 1 below shows a considerable amount of searches for “sex addicts anonymous” (15,423). Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous, a different support group, received only 2,282 queries; a difference of 13,141. Sexual Compulsives Anonymous, Sexual Recovery Anonymous and Sexaholics Anonymous did not even make the graphs.
Sexual Addiction - Prevalent Search Topics - Graph 1
(Continued on Graph 3 at the bottom of this page)
Top 30 two and three word combinations
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| 0 | 130,000 | ||
| sexual addiction | |||
| sex addiction | |||
| porn addiction | |||
| sex addict | |||
| sex addicts | |||
| pornography addiction | |||
| sex addicts anonymous | |||
| addiction and sex | |||
| sexual addiction support | |||
| sexual addiction support groups | |||
| stop porn addiction | |||
| masturbation addiction | |||
| signs of sexual addiction | |||
| internet porn | |||
| internet porn addiction | |||
| sexual addictions | |||
| sex addictions | |||
| porno addiction | |||
| female sex | |||
| sexual addiction treatment | |||
| teen sex | |||
| overcoming sexual addiction | |||
| teen sex addict | |||
| porn addict | |||
| addiction to porn | |||
| sex addict women | |||
| female sex addict | |||
| sexual addiction recovery | |||
| sex love | |||
| pornography addiction help | |||
| 0 | 130,000 |
Porn Addiction – Major Component of Sexual Addiction
Porn addiction is a particularly common form of sexual addiction. According to the Internet Filter Review, worldwide porn industry revenue for 2006 was $97 billion. In the same year, 10% of individuals admitted an Internet sexual addiction. Clearly, with 84,600 searches, porn addiction is a prevalent issue to many Internet users. “Masturbation addiction” (7,946) received 76,654 fewer searches.
Other prominent searches include gender or age specific sexual addiction searches, as well as a number of different searches for sexual addiction screening and quizzes.
Sexual Addiction Market Research - Graph 2
Top 100 words used in sexual addiction searches
(Top 1000 can be found at Top 100 sexual addiction exact phrases and top 1,000 concepts/words. - Graph 5)
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| 0 | 370,000 | ||
| addiction | |||
| sex | |||
| sexual | |||
| porn | |||
| addicts | |||
| addict | |||
| pornography | |||
| anonymous | |||
| addictions | |||
| help | |||
| internet | |||
| signs | |||
| support | |||
| masturbation | |||
| groups | |||
| stop | |||
| love | |||
| female | |||
| porno | |||
| women | |||
| treatment | |||
| recovery | |||
| symptoms | |||
| overcoming | |||
| teen | |||
| how | |||
| what | |||
| counseling | |||
| diary | 2149 | ||
| chat | 2092 | ||
| causes | 1899 | ||
| breaking | 1893 | ||
| test | 1751 | ||
| from | 1624 | ||
| disorder | 1555 | ||
| break | 1518 | ||
| phone | 1479 | ||
| anonomous | 1285 | ||
| screening | 1252 | ||
| compulsive | 1102 | ||
| obsesive | 1095 | ||
| who | 1051 | ||
| christian | 1044 | ||
| cyber | 1034 | ||
| men | 1008 | ||
| quiz | 990 | ||
| meetings | 986 | ||
| male | 982 | ||
| drug | 967 | ||
| statistics | 834 | ||
| colorado | 798 | ||
| blog | 780 | ||
| overcome | 770 | ||
| teenagers | 739 | ||
| woman | 695 | ||
| denver | 684 | ||
| articles | 673 | ||
| marriage | 668 | ||
| group | 649 | ||
| annonymous | 616 | ||
| wives | 600 | ||
| poem | 586 | ||
| affects | 568 | ||
| fighting | 564 | ||
| types | 563 | ||
| dating | 561 | ||
| hardcore | 550 | ||
| michigan | 550 | ||
| history | 550 | ||
| nh | 548 | ||
| online | 504 | ||
| local | 491 | ||
| beat | 485 | ||
| living | 480 | ||
| girl | 444 | ||
| spouses | 429 | ||
| spouse | 418 | ||
| definition | 407 | ||
| co | 407 | ||
| center | 385 | ||
| about | 385 | ||
| clinic | 383 | ||
| compulsivity | 380 | ||
| annonomous | 376 | ||
| stories | 370 | ||
| high | 369 | ||
| school | 366 | ||
| pictures | 321 | ||
| cure | 309 | ||
| interventions | 305 | ||
| room | 299 | ||
| cincinnati | 294 | ||
| adolescents | 279 | ||
| famous | 278 | ||
| florida | 276 | ||
| asian | 276 | ||
| bipolar | 242 | ||
| photos | 226 | ||
| lohan | 221 | ||
| lindsey | 219 | ||
| 0 | 370,000 |
Ground-Breaking Sexual Addictions Research
Search frequency research is one of the newest, most innovative ways in which addictions researchers are learning more about sexual addiction. Through generous sponsorship by Clear Haven Center, a forward-thinking drug and alcohol treatment facility who recognizes connections between addictions, online query studies are shedding new light on this complex issue.
Sexual Addiction - Prevalent Search Topics, Continued - Graph 3
Top 31 - 100 two and three word combinations
(Top 30 are in Graph 1 above)
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| 500 | 2300 | ||
| sexual addiction counseling | |||
| sex and love | |||
| internet sex | |||
| internet sex addiction | |||
| porn addiction help | |||
| sex addicts chat | |||
| sexual addiction help | |||
| internet pornography | |||
| sex and love addicts | |||
| porn addictions | |||
| female sex addicts | |||
| internet pornography addiction | |||
| sex addiction symptoms | |||
| sex love addiction | |||
| porn addicts | |||
| pornography addicts | |||
| love sex | |||
| phone sex | |||
| phone sex addiction | |||
| sexual addiction anonymous | |||
| recovery from sexual addiction | |||
| addiction to pornography | |||
| sex addicts anonomous | |||
| sexual addiction screening | |||
| sexual addiction screening test | |||
| sexual addiction to pornography | |||
| sexual addicts | |||
| what is sexual addiction | |||
| help for pornography | |||
| sexual addicts anonymous | |||
| help for pornography addiction | |||
| sex addiction in women | |||
| causes of sex addiction | |||
| addiction to sex | |||
| sex addiction treatment | |||
| sex addiction help | |||
| sex addict quiz | |||
| signs of porn addiction | |||
| male sex | |||
| cyber sex | |||
| women who love sex | |||
| cyber sex addiction | |||
| overcoming porn addiction | |||
| pornography addictions | |||
| help pornography addiction | |||
| porn addiction support | |||
| breaking porn addiction | |||
| porn addiction support groups | |||
| masturbation addict | |||
| sexual addiction in teenagers | |||
| female porn | |||
| symptoms of porn addiction | |||
| female porn addict | |||
| sex addiction blog | |||
| addiction sex | |||
| woman sex | |||
| woman sex addict | |||
| female sexual | |||
| female sexual addiction | |||
| sex addict symptoms | |||
| addiction porn | |||
| addiction pornography | |||
| help for porn addiction | |||
| sex love addicts | |||
| break porn addiction | |||
| sex addicts annonymous | |||
| wives of pornography addicts | |||
| wives of pornography | |||
| pornography addiction support | |||
| sex love addicts anonymous | |||
| 500 | 2300 |

