How come S with SO isn't enough?

[girlfriend]

My F has just started the recovery process. He has gone to a P therapist 3 times, has bought books, makes an effort to stay busy. However, even though this last week we have been intimate often, he still feels a need to MB? He openly told me he still looks at other females and wants to MB? Is that normal? I think a "normal" response to an attractive female would be to admire her beauty without feeling this way? Thank you for any insight.

[Rowlf]

Hi Girlfriend,

I would guess everyone is unique, but one thing to bear in mind is that in the early stages of recovery an addicts brain chemistry is out of whack.

By getting addicted to chemical highs, and then going in to the lows, the cycle is unbalanced and it takes a time for things to come back to a balance.

What a particular person actually does under the influence of withdrawal will be up to their character (at that time, because I think that PA distorts a person's character and behaviour. Things are better for me now!)

There's a thead about that here....