By Darrell Provinse, MA, LPC, NCC In order to discuss sexual addiction we must first define our terms.  We can reasonably define an addiction as obsessive or intrusive thoughts or cravings, which produce a compulsion to act in a way that is unwanted, undesirable, or harmful either to the individual or others.  In terms of sexual addiction, I think we can reasonably cast that net broadly enough to include any unwanted, damaging, or maladaptive sexual behaviors that the individual experiences themselves as being powerless to control.  Karnes (1983) defined sexual addiction as pathological relationship with a mood altering experience.  There again in most respects, I think that could apply to…