If someone has repeated affairs are they an addict?
Is someone who has multiple affairs a sex addict? That’s an important question because you have to make that distinction to determine the treatment. So, when we talk about somebody who is addicted to sex, say, who has multiple affairs, we are usually looking at somebody who feels compelled to break the vows of the implicit or explicit relationship, and they are in conflict about the urge to do so but they can’t stop themselves. And they’re compelled to seduce, flirt, get into their pattern, and act it out. And they regret it, they try to stop they can’t stop; they do the pattern all over again.