Sexual addiction can be progressive in nature. Sometimes the sex addict wants more and more sexual involvement. Because of their shame and fear about being found out, the sex addict might keep their behaviors secret. This kind of secret keeping creates shame and depression. Recovery requires that an individual have a thought out plan of action.
Recovery is about breaking the secrecy and isolation.
Recovery means recovering the ability to feel. There are many paths to recovery. Recovery means reconnecting to a power within and outside of oneself. The addiction is not same entity as the human being that is afflicted by it. The addiction is like a parasite or virus that invades the host, living off of it.