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Powerful and Real Journey
I've had similiar issues as Mr. Ryan for over 30 years and I've never been able to express coherently my experience and feelings until I read this book. Mr. Ryan does an incredible job of translating complicated dynamics in a completely natural and real manner. That it is written in 1rst person narative and not from a distant doctors view from the ivory tower allows the average person to relate. The entire concept of "The Secret Life" is so dead on that I can think of no better way to identify what one goes through as a sex addict. I would think this would be fascinating reading for someone not suffering from this addiction. It is good writing. If the topic is relevent to your issues it will save your life.

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A nice autobiography
This book was tasteful and interesting. I bought and read this book because I saw that my english professor was reading it--I didn't even know what it was about. When I bought it and saw it was about an addiction to sex I felt a little embarrassed--but soon got over it because it's not about sex, it's about a man with an addiction. I reccomend this as a literary read if nothing else. Ryan has true talent.

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The Stark Life of a Sex Addict
I never understood sexual addiction until I read this book. Ryan is incredible - he is able to completely convey what horrors this compulsive behavior meant for him. What said it all to me is when he explained he would go into bars and pick up whomever - a man, a woman . . . it didn't seem to matter! (He wasn't bisexual) Another shocker is that he had an incredible position at Princeton, but just couldn't keep his you-know-what away from his students. All that mattered is that he HAD to have sex, the compulsion was so incredibly intense, he just approached whomever was handy. In addition, this book, surprisingly enough, is amazingly funny (it reminds me of another memoir, "Permanent Midnight" in that way). Sometimes I found myself laughing out loud! It seemed that the humor was a great healer for him. My only regret is that he didn't reveal his treatment, which I would have loved to have learned about, as his compulsion was so deeply engrained. Bravo to him for "coming out of the closet" on this issue, writing this book, and showing us what this compulsion took from him.