My Wife Doesn't Initiate Sex - The Dire Truth That You May Not Want to Know About Your Wife and Sex

 

People who use drugs are much more susceptible to rape and sexual assault. Because drugs are involved, it's easy to become incapacitated and taken advantage of. And as a result of the illegal nature of drugs, many victims are too scared to report the crime because they fear repercussions themselves. Additionally, there is an unfortunate tendency by law enforcement and others to discount or dismiss reports of sexual crimes against drug addicts or alcoholics.

In a large number of cases the sexual damage from a rape or other sexually-related assault can present complications for years - or even permanently. This is important for current drug abusers to consider, because these problems are likely to still be present long after they've stopped using drugs and achieved sobriety.

Sexual assault and sexual violence against drug users isn't gender specific - both men and women become promiscuous, practice prostitution and possibly become the victims of sexual attacks. If drugs are involved, the dangers are always much more significant.

Long Term Consequences of Sex and Drugs 

If you engage in these behaviors, you could affect your sexual health for life

 

There is no solid consensus on what causes sex addiction in men and women, but evidence suggests brain chemistry and family environment may have something to do with it. Sex addiction is believed to have much in common with other types of addictions such as drugs and alcohol. Even some of the treatment methods are the same.

Like alcoholism, sex addiction can affect nearly anyone. The human brain releases feel-good chemicals like Dopamine, in response to certain behaviors and actions, usually ones that will lead to survival and procreation.

People tend to like sugary, fatty foods because their ancestors had a taste for things high in calories that kept them going in the days before supermarkets. Those whose brains rewarded them for eating those foods lived more to pass on their tastes to their offspring, and so on. The same principal applies to sex and sex addiction. Those who enjoyed it more, did it more often and thus passed on their behaviors to their descendants.

Of course not everyone eats candy to the point of diabetes or engages in sex to the point of addiction. These chemical reward mechanisms are present in all healthy individuals and are not bad things when operating correctly. However, in a person suffering from this affliction, the brain is seeking the release of those reward chemicals to the detriment of the person's welfare.

An essay published online by the University of Colorado Institute for Behavioral Genetics likens substance abuse to a virus. Where a virus invades a body and reprograms cells to produce more viruses, an addiction makes use of existing systems within the brain to perpetuate itself, in this case the neural pathways that link the act of sex to the brain's sense of reward. The Colorado essay focuses on chemical addictions; however, sex addiction is a process addiction, much like gambling addiction, where an activity is causing chemical reactions in the brain, not an outside substance.

While in the end everything may be boiled down to brain chemistry, factors other than genetics can push a person towards addiction.

According to Psychcentral.com, one study showed 82 percent of sex addicts reported suffering sexual abuse when they were young. Many reported having distant relationships with family members or were raised in a strict manner, while 80 percent reported there being some type of addiction suffered by a family member.