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Tools to Recovery

Am I a Sex Addict?

Test yourself, if you answer yes to these questions you may have a sex addiction:
  1. Have you ever thought you needed help for your sexual thinking or behavior?
  2. Have you thought you'd be better off if you didn't keep giving in to your sexual behaviors?
  3. Have you ever thought that sex or sexual stimuli controlled you?
  4. Have you ever tried to stop or limit dong what you felt was wrong in your sexual behavior?
  5. Have you ever resorted to sex or sexual thoughts to escape, relieve anxiety, or because you couldn't cope with something?
  6. Do you have feelings of guilt, remorse or depression after your sexual behaviors?
  7. Has your pursuit of sex become more compulsive?
  8. Does your sexual behavior interfere with relations with your spouse?
  9. Do you have to resort to images or memories during sex?
  10. Does an irresistible impulse arise when the other party makes the overtures or sex is offered?
  11. Do you keep going from one relationship or lover to another?
  12. Do you feel the right relationship would help you stop lusting, masturbating, or being so promiscuous?
  13. Do you have a destructive need—a desperate sexual or emotional need for someone?
  14. Does pursuit of sex make you careless for yourself or the welfare of your family or others?
  15. Has your effectiveness or concentration decreased as sex has become more compulsive?
  16. Do you lose time from work for it?
  17. Do you turn to a lower environment when pursuing sex?
  18. Do you want to get away from the sex partner as soon as possible after the act?
  19. Although your spouse is sexually compatible, do you still masturbate or have sex with others?
  20. Have you ever been arrested for a sex related offense?

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