I spent years meeting strangers for masochistic hook-ups. Was I a sex addict?
- Posted on February 8, 2026
- By The Guardian
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I spent years meeting strangers for masochistic hook-ups. Was I a sex addict?

After a sexually frustrating marriage led to divorce, I chased increasingly extreme BDSM encounters. But I never felt truly satisfied. Had I been looking for the wrong thing all along?