I. Love. You. Indeed, for this dude to become a real man, he would have to divest himself from all the carpools he has been spoon fed through his life. Problem is, I don't think he is interested in it. This way, he is always on top -lol- always in control, beyond accountable. Comfy place to be.
Well, one can hope that his wife will get tired of being on the bottom.
Not certain that I buy into the whole addiction thing with regard to JD. I see his behavior as being part of a pretty vast dysfunctional system. Talking one game, living another. And this seems to be something of a pattern with fundies in the public eye, perhaps in direct proportion to how much one's income (from TV, appearances, right-wing values orgs and whatnot) depends on presenting a particular outward image.
But one thing that I do borrow from the addiction literature with regard to diagnostics has to do with whether the particular behavior is creating problems in one's life. JD's behaviors have cost him one or two jobs (I think he was let go from a campaign before FRC due to computer *advertiser censored* in the office issues). According to one claim his extramarital sex was unprotected--putting him and his wife at risk for a variety of diseases. Even if his wife decides to stand by him, it would be difficult to imagine that their relationship has not been impacted.
This is all just sorta diagnostics 101 that someone ought to be running through with him. And I don't see anything in the RU lit to lead me to believe that they have any staff competent (let alone licensed) to do that kind of diagnostics. It would appear as though all their clientele are self-diagnosed--and they kinda claim to be of the "good for what ails ya" mindset.
But then, I do believe that what they offer is attractive to folks who are terrified of what they might have to admit/give up if they were to open themselves to honest self-examination.