Noodling Out Characteristics of a Sex-Love Addict
From Reco12 Noodle It Out with Nikki M Podcast by Nikki M and Justin B
May 12, 2026 · 30 min · Episode 151
About this episode
The episode discusses the characteristics of a Sex-Love Addict and the impact of emotional dependency on relationships.
Episode 151 and we are noodling out the characteristics of a Sex-love Addict. Characteristics of Sex and Love Addiction © 1990 The Augustine Fellowship, S.L.A.A., Fellowship-Wide Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved 1. Having few healthy boundaries, we become sexually involved with and/or emotionally attached to people without knowing them. 2. Fearing abandonment and loneliness, we stay in and return to painful, destructive relationships, concealing our dependency needs from ourselves and others, growing more isolated and alienated from friends and loved ones, ourselves, and God. 3. Fearing emotional and/or sexual deprivation, we compulsively pursue and involve ourselves in one relationship after another, sometimes having more than one sexual or emotional liaison at a time. 4. We confuse love with neediness, physical and sexual attraction, pity and/or the need to rescue or be rescued. 5. We feel empty and incomplete when we are alone. Even though we fear intimacy and commitment, we continually search for relationships and sexual contacts. 6. We sexualize stress, guilt, loneliness, anger, shame, fear and envy. We use sex or emotional dependence as substitutes for nurturing care, and…
People in this episode
Hosts: Nikki M, Justin B
Topics covered
- Sex Addiction
- Love Addiction
- Emotional Dependency
- Healthy Boundaries
- Relationships
- Mental Health
Keywords
- Sex Addiction
- Love Addiction
- Emotional Attachment
- Healthy Boundaries
- Relationship Issues
- Mental Health
- Dependency
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Augustine Fellowship, S.L.A.A., Fellowship-Wide Services, Inc.
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