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?