Sex addict mum: 'My addiction almost destroyed my life'
Although I was aware I was having these feelings, I didn't realise it was an addiction. I felt ashamed that it was literally all I could think about.
She thought it was just a high sex drive but Rebecca' Barker's addiction came close to ruining her life.
The 37 year old's obsession became so severe that she demanded sex at least five times a day, had relationships based purely on sex, and craved intercourse just moments after having it.
Revealing 'it was literally all she could think about', Rebecca, a mum of three, eventually admitted she was an addict.
I didn't find any pleasure in it [sex] during the addiction itself, it was as if I had to have the hit. As soon as it was over, I had to have it again.
Rebecca, who has now recovered and enjoys a normal sex life with her new partner, joined us alongside psychosexual therapist Dr Thaddeus Birchard to share the devastating effects it had on her life, the extreme lengths she went to to finally take control and why she will challenge anyone who says sex addiction isn’t real.