Love Sick: One Woman's Journey through Sexual Addiction - Softcover

Silverman, Sue William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393333000 ISBN 13: 9780393333008

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

Now a Lifetime Television original movie airing April 2008 with Sally Pressman, star of Army Wives.

In this powerful memoir, a woman learns to value herself―as a whole person rather than as a sexual object. Sue William Silverman tells of her roller-coaster life of sex and self-destructive behavior. Finally, addicted to danger itself, she seeks the help of a trusted therapist to discover what love really means.

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About the Author

Sue William Silverman won an Association of Writers and Writing Programs award for Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You. A speaker on child abuse and addiction, she teaches at Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Review

From Booklist This compelling story of recovery takes us through 28 days in an inpatientclinic for female sex addicts. Silverman explores the psychology of addictionon a deeply personal level, sharing her struggles with self-destructivetendencies and her desperate desire to be loved, no matter what the cost.Molested repeatedly by her father during her childhood, she realizes theconnection between her sexual abuse and her desire to be loved by dangerous,inaccessible men. She finds she must come to terms with anger at her mother,who refused to recognize the sexual abuse of her daughters and intervene ontheir behalf. Candid, emotionally raw, often frightening, Silverman's accountis never sugarcoated, and there are no happy platitudes or breezy successstories in it. It is deeply moving, however, and should inspire anyone goingthrough a 12-step program, whether for sexual addiction or other conditions,and help addicts' friends and family members understand the journey their lovedones must travel in order to heal. Bonnie Johnston
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A self-proclaimed addict looks unflinchingly at the source of her sicknessand her road to recovery. -- O Magazine, Georgia Brown, May 2001

An honest, deeply chilling account of what it's like to suffer from acompulsion...look for love in...all the wrong places. -- Elle, FrancineProse, May 2001

An important literary accomplishment, one that will move anyone who reads it.-- recoveryworld.com, 7 May 2001

Silverman shows how real [sexual addiction] is, how it really works, and how she was able to overcome it. -- Deborah Tannen, author of You Just Don't Understand

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393333000
• ISBN 13: 9780393333008
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304