The Truth About Sex Addiction

Time Magazine, Feb 28 2011

Dr. Horvath’s quote appears on page 50 of the hard copy issue, and page 3 of the online article.
 

Dr. Horvath’s Quote:

Contrarian therapists argue that asking adults to refrain from basic urges like the desire to masturbate goes against evolutionary psychology. "Almost all U.S. treatment programs tell the client to abstain, without consideration of what the client is motivated to do," writes A. Thomas Horvath, a past director of the addiction bureau of the American Psychological Association and the author of Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions. (He is also the medical director of the AToN facility in La Jolla.) Instead, Horvath suggests that clients be given the choice of either abstinence or moderation. "You get the rewards; you pay the consequences; you decide," he writes.

However, the paragraph would be more accurate if it stated:

Contrarian therapists argue that asking adults to refrain from basic urges like the desire to be sexual goes against evolutionary psychology. "Almost all U.S. treatment programs tell the client to abstain, without consideration of what the client is motivated to do," writes A. Thomas Horvath, a past president of the Division on Addictions (Division 50) of the American Psychological Association and the author of Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions. (He is also the clinical director of Practical Recovery in La Jolla.) Instead, Horvath suggests that clients be given the choice of either abstinence or moderation. "You get the rewards; you pay the consequences; you decide," he writes.

 

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2050027-1,00.html