Of course not everyone eats candy to the point of diabetes or engages in sex to the point of addiction. These chemical reward mechanisms are present in all healthy individuals and are not bad things when operating correctly. However, in a person suffering from this affliction, the brain is seeking the release of those reward chemicals to the detriment of the person's welfare. An essay published online by the University of Colorado Institute for animal sex kahani Behavioral Genetics likens substance abuse to a virus. Where a virus invades a body and reprograms cells to produce more viruses, an addiction makes use of existing systems within the brain to perpetuate itself, in this case the neural pathways that link the act of sex to the brain's sense of reward. The Colorado essay focuses on chemical addictions; however, sex addiction is a process addiction, much like gambling addiction, where an activity is causing chemical reactions in the brain, not an outside substance. While in the end everything may be boiled down to brain chemistry, factors other than genetics can push a person towards addiction. According to Psychcentral.com, one study showed 82 percent of sex addicts reported suffering sexual abuse when they were young. Many reported having distant relationships with family members or were raised in a strict manner, while 80 percent reported there being some type of addiction suffered by a family member.