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The Director of Treatment at Clínica RECAL discusses technology addiction, an increasingly common and, in many cases, ...

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Sex addiction is not a real addiction in the way drug and alcohol addictions are. Compulsive sexual behavior is a preoccupation with sexual thoughts, urges, and behaviors that disrupt daily life. To ...

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