LadyPact -> RE: Why do women cheat? (11/12/2009 11:02:14 AM)
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ORIGINAL: youngsubgeoff LP, Yes, Ive seen them. Im not that type however. I try to keep things seperate (IE, work and relationships) You can't be that type (yet) dear. Not unless you're carrying a medallion in your pocket that I don't know about. [8D] Sex, new relationships, and BDSM can all be seen as the same as the rush from substances. Literally, this is in the brain. Not in the way we think, but chemically. The endorphin release is very much the same. In a sense, you can compare the 'high' obtained from sex very much the same as the 'high' from another source. This is why sex can be seen as an escape mechanism of sorts, especially in people with addictive personalities. In that first year, sex can be a very easy, though inappropriate answer. It's also why the aforementioned thirteenth stepper so easily exists. Many people new to recovery haven't quite learned how to deal with anything without on kind of high or another. They are drawn to people with long term recovery because they do that pedestal thing. Often, they trade one type of addiction for another, but they are so new to living a life based in reality that they don't see it. Does this pose an issue to those new in recovery? Yes, it does. After all, we are talking about at least physically grown people here who have sexual wants. The recommendation of no new relationships is a pretty strong one, but unless you prefer celibacy, it kind of leaves you stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place. (No, I couldn't resist that one.) Now, if you haven't mixed yourself up with someone who would qualify as a thirteenth stepper, or someone who is roughly as new to recovery as you (don't ask Me about the stories that I could tell about 'newcomer romance'), you might still want to look at how you're meeting women. Also where the role of sex plays in those you are interacting with. Might make for some good discussion, in other places in addition to the CM boards.
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