Tuesday, July 19, 2011

20 Questions about Sexual Addiction

If you answer “yes” to at least 10 of these questions, you might consider exploring this area of recovery.


_____1. Have you ever thought you need help for your sexual thinking or behavior?
_____2. That you’d be better off if you didn’t keep “giving in”?
_____3. That sex or stimuli are controlling you?
_____4. Have you ever tried to stop or limit doing what you felt was wrong in your sexual behavior?
_____5. Do you resort to sex to escape, relieve anxiety, or because you can’t cope?
_____6. Do you feel guilt, remorse, or depression afterward?
_____7. Has your pursuit of sex become more compulsive?
_____8. Does it 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 sexual 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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