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Answer these twelve questions to assess whether you may have a problem with
sexual addiction.
- Do you keep secrets about your sexual or
romantic activities from those important to you? Do you lead a double
life?
- Have your needs driven you to have sex in
places or situations or with people you would not normally choose?
- Do you find yourself looking for sexually
arousing articles or scenes in newspapers, magazines or other media?
- Do you find that romantic or sexual fantasies
interfere with your relationships or are preventing you from facing
problems?
- Do you frequently want to get away from a sex
partner after having sex? Do you frequently feel remorse, shame, or guilt
after a sexual encounter?
- Do you feel shame about your body or your
sexuality, such that you avoid touching your body or engaging in sexual
relationships? Do you fear that you have no sexual feelings, that you are
asexual?
- Does each new relationship continue to have the
same destructive patterns which prompted you to leave the last
relationship?
- Is it taking more variety and frequency of
sexual and romantic activities than previously to bring the same levels of
excitement and relief?
- Have you ever been arrested or are you in
danger of being arrested because of your practices of voyeurism,
exhibitionism, prostitution, sex with minors, indecent phone calls, etc.?
- Does your pursuit of sex or romantic
relationships interfere with your spiritual beliefs or development?
- Do your sexual activities include the risk,
threat, or reality of disease, pregnancy, coercion, or violence?
- Has your sexual or romantic behavior ever left
you feeling hopeless, alienated from others, or suicidal?
If you answered yes to more than
one of these questions, we would encourage you to seek out additional
literature as a resource or to attend a Sex Addicts Anonymous meeting to
further assist your needs.
If you would like more information about this inventory or your scoring, email the ICC at ifeac@aol.com, call the ICC at 1-800-283-1633, or visit the Alcoholics Anonymous website at www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
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