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Why the Modern World Puts Us All at Risk for Addiction (2021)

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The Problem With Sex Addiction

The number of people struggling with severe sex addiction in various forms is growing every year. The fine-tuned pleasure-pain balance of ours has evolved over millions of years to help us approach pleasure and avoid pain. But here's the problem: We no longer live in that world, we now live in a world of overwhelming abundance. Our compulsive overconsumption has led not just to increased psychological suffering, we are literally consuming ourselves to death.

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