When Are Recovering Sex Addicts Ready for Relationships? Articles>Early RecoveryBy The RanchNovember 19, 2014Sex addiction, at base, is an intimacy disorder. And “intimacy,” according to Linda Hatch, Ph.D., sex addiction expert and therapist, “is the ability to be real with another person.” This might seem like a simple thing, but any addict, not just those who experience sexual compulsion, is a person who struggles with being real, (i.e.,…
