Some people use sex as a coping mecanism for their personal problems.
There are three reasons why people become sexually addicted, they are biological, psychological, and spiritual. Studies have linked a deficit in the neurochemistry of the limbic system in those patients that have been diagnosed as sexually addicted. Apparently these patients have sex to restore the dopamine level s in their bodies. Sex addiction can be recovered from by learning about the addiction and by attending the 12 step recovery program. The Relationship Between Sexual Addiction and Sexual Dysfunction.