The Culture that has been here all the time

Even if you are in a satisfying long-term relationship, it doesn't rule out sex addiction.¹

1 (My AI friend) "It’s not about how much someone wants sex. It’s about whether the behavior:

feels compulsive
interferes with life
causes distress
is used to numb pain, loneliness, or stress
keeps happening even when the person wants to stop
It’s the loss of control that matters, not the desire itself."

Yes, I have a potentially addictive personality: Youthful indiscretions, a recovering alcoholic, twelve years sober, AND a preoccupation or obsession with sex, all wishful thinking now. Experience, willpower, and some professional help have immeasurably improved my control over weaknesses.

I have said my late wife and I were opposites in many ways, except we both loved sex, maybe too much? Is that possible?

I do have self-control to the point where it is painful, something needed in society at large. During my wife's illness, she rapidly lost interest in sex, and except for one very brief experiment with a FWB, I have been denied the joy and healthful benefits of regular, satisfying sex ² for most of the eight caregiver years.

2 (My AI friend): "Sexual activity can be part of a healthy life
For many adults, sexual activity — whether with a partner or alone — can support:

cardiovascular health
stress reduction
better sleep
improved mood
emotional bonding with a partner
These are well‑documented general benefits."

Another day to dwell in thought.

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Quality sex is passionate, erotic, healthy, and even healing. I have always been the kind of guy to go back into the game even when I was injured. Yet in life, I discovered there was something even better than will power, mind over matter, and being tough: Sex

If I was not feeling right, had some annoying sore muscle, in order to overcome those, making sexual love for as long as possible sets those things completely in the background. The long-term lovers in my life all knew this and may even have experienced similar results.

Bottom line? Quality sex is the best medicine, and it is not just for young people.

What can I write? It is all in the experiencing and seeing. I researched these images to get ideas for future artwork, but examining them was more than I could endure. My imagination, as fantastic as it is, is never enough.

Images from Google free to use.

The major piece of my life that is missing is making love. Not just sex, not just being satisfied, but the wonderful effect on the human body when engaged in making love on a regular basis. Religion has only two justifications when criticizing making love: 1) Unwanted children, but birth control has that covered if a person is smart, and 2) STDs, and at this time, open source knowledge is readily available to avoid them, and healthcare can cure most forms. The health benefits acquired by making love at least once or twice a week, even in old age, are well known.

HYPOCRACY. I know firsthand how duplicitous some religious people are in depicting themselves as "celibate" and abstaining, knowing full well that state of being is a myth, and even if a human tries to adhere to those guidelines, they will fail, in my opinion. We just are not made to not make love.

I miss making love so very much that I feel I am being tortured.

From my new urologist about my nonexistent sex life.