http://www.baseballink.com/archives/stories/steve-phillips-sex-addict-4061161 Baseball the way it was meant to be Sun, 16 May 2010 21:59:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.baseballink.com/archives/stories/steve-phillips-sex-addict-4061161/comment-page-1#comment-459 Dr. Dave Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:09:07 +0000 http://www.baseballink.com/archives/stories/steve-phillips-sex-addict-4061161#comment-459 I completely agree with the above analysis. In order for something to be considered addicting, the traditional accepted viewpoint is that it must fulfill three components; tolerance, withdrawal syndrome, antisocial behavior. Thus if you are addicted to a drug, you will find over time you need an increasing dose to get the same desired high (tolerance), you will experience a predictable and severe physical illness when you don't ingest the drug (withdrawal), and you will do terrible things to get the drug (antisocial behavior). It is a colossal stretch to take this concept and apply it to sex, food, or any other behavior problem. I don't buy it and no one else does, except the self-serving industry mentioned in this article. I view Steve Phillips and Tiger Woods with enormous cynicism. Steve Phillips at first says he is an addict but then adds that it is not an excuse. That is exactly what it is. I'm waiting for the first celebrity with this problem to own up to it, pure and simple, something like, " I pursued women for sex because I enjoyed it and didn't care about the risks, perhaps even enjoyed the risk". It's not a disease, it's just a choice people make. I don't believe Tiger will change out of any motivation except to protect his wealth. I completely agree with the above analysis. In order for something to be considered addicting, the traditional accepted viewpoint is that it must fulfill three components; tolerance, withdrawal syndrome, antisocial behavior. Thus if you are addicted to a drug, you will find over time you need an increasing dose to get the same desired high (tolerance), you will experience a predictable and severe physical illness when you don’t ingest the drug (withdrawal), and you will do terrible things to get the drug (antisocial behavior). It is a colossal stretch to take this concept and apply it to sex, food, or any other behavior problem. I don’t buy it and no one else does, except the self-serving industry mentioned in this article. I view Steve Phillips and Tiger Woods with enormous cynicism. Steve Phillips at first says he is an addict but then adds that it is not an excuse. That is exactly what it is. I’m waiting for the first celebrity with this problem to own up to it, pure and simple, something like, ” I pursued women for sex because I enjoyed it and didn’t care about the risks, perhaps even enjoyed the risk”. It’s not a disease, it’s just a choice people make. I don’t believe Tiger will change out of any motivation except to protect his wealth.

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