Is Tiger Woods Being Treated for Sex Addiction?

By Sam Brand Posted Jan 12th 2010 09:43PM

PEOPLE suggests Tiger has checked in. X17 has been saying it for weeks now. But wouldn't we know for sure if Tiger had walked through the doors at exclusive Arizona addiction treatment facility, The Meadows?

Not necessarily. The Meadows doesn't announce any of its guests. But we were informed when fellow wayward celebs David Duchovny and Eric Benet sought sex addiction help. Isn't the publicity kind of the point?

Rumors first surfaced last month that Tiger had checked himself into an Arizona treatment facility. Some said he was recovering from facial reconstructive surgery for an injury incurred during the Nov. 27 car accident. Others said the injury was caused when Elin Nordegren slammed him in the mouth with a 9-iron after finding out about Rachel Uchitel. Others still said there was no noticible injury at all, but Tiger had checked in to seek treatment for an addiction to painkillers.

On Tuesday PEOPLE reported Tiger had checked into the Wickenburg, Arizona abuse clinic The Meadows, citing an anonymous "sex-therapy expert who claims to be familiar with the situation." According to the source, Tiger walked through the doors around New Years and "should be out by Valentine's Day."

For those unfamiliar with sex therapy, that means Tiger will spend a month-and-a-half of celibacy, his waking hours engaged in heartfelt talk with other guys who can't say no to sex.

And according to X17, at The Meadows "everyone has to wear a color-coded nametag that signifies what you're in for. You wear it 24/7 so everyone knows exactly what your poison is from the minute they lay eyes on you."

But not everyone thinks Tiger is necessarily addicted to sex. Dr. Drew Pinsky tells PEOPLE that Tiger "seems to be maintaining relationships" with his mistresses, "not just having sex with them."

Pinsky suggests Woods' best shot at recovering emotionally and professionally is if "his wife not break up with him and that she get involved in the treatment process."

The TV doc doesn't suggest what's best for Nordegren.

We'll give our own advice.

Take the money and run.

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Wednesday 13 January

By duff

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sex addiction for Tiger. He's been playing with the shaft since he was a young pup.....

By gamay9

Perhaps Tiger Woods might think he's addicted to sex but I would guess otherwise. His life is too active to be addicted to anything other than golf; i.e. he doesn't have too much time on his hands (that could be construed in another way).

By Gilligan

Tiger needs a new carton of Extenze....

By Terry

Tiger is an egomaniac and will never change...that's what's wrong with him.

By smedley

i wish i had Tigers problem. Lots of cash, dozens of women and a non stop throbbing glob of pud....

By Tena

Why don't some of you stick to the subject at hand instead of going off on the President.

This is a story about Tiger Woods, not Barack Obama.

By Thornbird

WHO GIVES A RAT'S A.. WHAT TIGER WOODS DOES?!! Get over it folks, He's NOT GOD.

By joe mama

why would you want to be cured from a sex addiction?

By Ann

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Tiger's not addicated to sex. He's just a YOUNG BLACK STUD...need I say more?

By Cleareyes

Wonder when Elin gets her tests back to see if she has contracted AIDS and/or other deadly Std's..?? With so many loose women, Lord knows what she's got from him.

By SANDRA

And you know he has aids because.... We live in a permiscious society and all of a sudden the media starts accusing a man of sleeping around and we start with the deseases concerns. why aren't we ever concerned when we're doing it.

Was he sleeping with you Cleareyes, since you're assuming that what the media is saying is gospel truth.

By cdub

Lorraina Bobbit is running the rehab program and it's cured a lot of students of sex addiction.

You've got it! Who could stay with a "man" who didn't care whether you lived or died from AID's?

By ps7603

Let's all hope he is getting some much needed help.

By cindy

This guy is not a sex addict. He's just a cad. Sex addict is just some made up hollywood BS. He's a loser man that can't keep it in his pants. PERIOD!

By Bob

Tiger in the mourning, Tiger at lunch time, Tiger in the evening.

By JD

Sex Addiction my butt. He should be treated for an addiction to spending a lot of money really fast. What guy with that much fame, power and money wouldn't go thru as many babes as possible while he's still young enough to do it w/o Viagra? How is that an addiction? His wife should be treated naivete or just plain old stupidity. That's what. Sheeeesh!

By nick

It's a thing with bros and the sisters just set back and take it. With bros who think their rich or have power like TIGER WOODS and MARTIN LUTHER KING, both these guys screwed hundreds of woemn at the drop of a dime. Rev JESSE JACKSON has screwed many a women, almost as many as the other twoo, look at the pro sports folks. all of them want white women on their arm, sisters stink is what they say.

By Charles Carter

WHAT ABOUT THOSE WOMEN THAT HAD AN AFFAIR WITH TIGER, A MARRIED MAN? Looks like they get a pass in the matter. They could have just said, NO. OR, they could have seduced him. DOES NO ONE ELSE WONDER?

If Tiger Woods had his nuts taken off I might think he was going to go the right path, but we know he will be right back to sticking it too as many women as he can.

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