Tag: sexual addiction

It’s Not Just Men

So far, I have only addressed one aspect of addiction. It is the most commonly discussed addiction in the LDS culture. However, it is only one addiction. According to a 1995 study, as many as 10 million females are fighting a life and death battle with an eating disorder.

There is even a new addiction coined by Dr. Steven Bratman called Orthorexia to describe those who obsess about healthy eating and not about being thin and losing weight.

Only 1 in 10 people with eating disorders receive treatment. The mortality rate for those suffering from an eating disorder is staggering.

The Romans And Their Addiction

In 70 AD the world’s most powerful civilization destroyed Jerusalem and demolished the Temple of Herod. No brick or stone was left untouched.

30 years later, in 100 AD the Roman strength had dramatically atrophied due to an excess of indulgence. Sexual excesses may have reduced human fertility to the extent that in 161, the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius enrolled slaves, gladiators, policemen and criminals to replenish his army.

By 192, the emperor Pertinax offered farms gratis (free of cost) to anyone who would till them. In 193, the government was openly speaking of a shortage of men. Historians would later report than the male population had been halved.