by Justin Olmstead | Jun 28, 2024 | SA101 Blog
It is important to understand terms to understand addiction. The first term to grasp is addiction. In this article, we take a look at the very idea of “addiction.” In another post, Is It Really Sex Addiction?, I take a closer, clinical examination so we...
by Justin Olmstead | Jul 29, 2023 | SA101 Blog
The disease model of addiction is the dominant model of addiction. When I first heard alcoholism was a disease many years ago, I thought two things at once. First, I thought, “Oh wow, that explains it.” Then I thought, “Wait a minute, how do you...
by Justin Olmstead | Jul 13, 2023 | SA101 Blog
Sex Addiction 101 – Elements of Addiction – Continuing Despite Consequences We discussed the definition of sex addiction in the previous post, Is It Really Sex Addiction? Within the discussion, we differentiated between Hypersexuality, Obsessive-Compuslive...
by Justin Olmstead | Jul 6, 2023 | SA101 Blog
Sex Addiction 101 – Definition of Addiction – Differentiating Between Disorders In another blog post, Addiction as Construct, I introduced the notion of a construct. In this article, we examine addiction in clinical terms and move toward definitions. We do...
