1.   As a purported disease, sex addiction is in vogue.

2.   Earlier, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott likened homosexuals to people who suffer alcoholism, sex addiction or kleptomania.

3.   For one thing, the long-simmering debate over whether sex addiction is really a disease is being opening discussed now.

4.   Sufferers find it difficult to acknowledge that they have a problem, says Patrick Carnes, a pioneer in the treatment of sex addiction.

5.   The Web site, www.sexaddict.com, offers information about sex addiction and ways to obtain books and additional information.

6.   Wogaman was asked about recent comments from the Rev. Robert Schuller that Clinton might suffer from sex addiction and that he should explore that possibility with a specialist.

7.   You should try to show them a way to deal with that problem, just like alcohol ... or sex addiction ... or kleptomaniacs.