The struggles of ADDICTION I was working with a man who struggled to separate Love from Sex. He described that both seemed to him to be one and the same. He described that when he had sex he felt loved. When he was rejected sexually, he felt unloved and/or unlovable. Therefore he had a rule in his life that sex equalled love. One of the fundamental needs that we have as human beings is the need to be loved. This led him towards a sex addiction. He thought that he wanted/needed sex, when he was actually wanting/needing love. This is not uncommon for one with similar addictions. Addiction can be very strong, and the roots of addiction very deep. There is a prevalent thought in the world that “once an addict, always an addict”. I choose to believe that this statement is completely false. It is my experience that when an addict is shown another way, that addiction, or any addiction can be overcome. When the addict chooses another way to meet the need inside themselves, and consistently follow this new way, life will change. The person simply needs to attach enough pain to the addiction,…