Addiction

No, I was serious in describing "it" that way. But I should further explain, I suppose.

Are my sexual desires an addiction? Yes and no. There are some elements of an addiction in everything we crave, let alone just sex. But, on the other hand, it's not an addiction because it is a natural bodily function to want sex. Is breathing an addiction? You will die if you don't keep doing it, so I've heard. I like chocolate ice cream and, I assume you do, too. Are we addicted to it? Some have said that if our desire controls us, then it's an addiction. Chocolate does not control me. But breathing does.

Some healthy people can go for very long periods of time between sex fixes. While I can remain abstinent for a few days, after that, I begin craving it. Eventually, I get intrusive thoughts here and there and then take care of things one way or another (legal, of course), depending on circumstances. I presume this all is because of testosterone levels. I can, and have, gone weeks without it until things go off on their own at night.

Addiction? No: it's a normal body function. Evolution has programmed us sexual creatures to want sex. Yes: I feel badly when I don't get it when the testicles begin bitching at me. :) Will I die without it? No. Will it ever get to the point that it causes me to do something I don't want to do? No. Did it? Yes (see below.) Looking back then, I now consider my condition to have been an addiction. I could not stop. I was told, by a legal beagle, that technically I could have argued "The Compulsion Defense" at my trial but I chose not to. But I was under a compulsion. Today, I am not.

I hope this helps.

Regarding this post and every post I write about myself describing my past, be advised that I was tried, convicted, sentenced to a very long time in prison, and I served the complete sentence. Be further advised that I am no longer practicing illegal activities today and that I refrain from doing so by my own choice, not from fear of legal entanglements or society's outrage. I remain crime free because I choose to.