Are You a “Sex Addict”?

Addiction to sex can be just as devastating as addiction to drugs or alcohol. Addicts may jeopardize their marriage and family relationships, allow their job performance to deteriorate, and risk being infected with deadly viruses. Sex addicts, like alcoholics and other addicts, often come from a dysfunctional family in which parents were drug addicts, sexually addicted, abusive, or otherwise emotionally unavailable. Here are a few signs that you are an addict:

You cheat on your partner all the time:
If you have an extra girlfriend or a mistress then that is a sign that you may be addicted to sex. Although there are a lot of people who cheat and they are not necessarily sex addicts but if you have a compulsion towards cheating all the time, then that is a sign that you are heading towards trouble. Moreover, if you like to keep your sex life under wraps, then there is a problem. See it this way, why don’t you want to reveal your activities to anyone? It is simply because you know that what you are doing is wrong but you can’t seem to help yourself.

When you are obsessed with porn:
Yes, every average guy enjoys porn occasionally but if you want it every day and you are always seeking out sexually related material to the exclusion of most other things, then that means you are addicted to sex. Moreover, if you have a huge stack of porn videos and magazines which you utilize to masturbate too many times a day, then you may have an obsession with sex.

Your relationships are strained:
Your relationships with your partner, family and friends are in a miserable condition. You just don’t want to give in too much. Moreover you lie to them and cheat on them all the time. There is also a tendency towards deception.