Addicted to Porn Test

Written by HealthyPlace.com Staff Writer

How do I know if I'm addicted to pornography?

The following questions are excerpted and adapted from Hope and Recovery-A Twelve Step Guide for Healing From Compulsive Sexual Behavior. These questions do not constitute a standardized test designed to diagnose addiction. Those who answer yes to many of these questions will find that they have common experiences with pornography addicts. It is the hope of the authors of these questions that those who answer "Yes" to any of these questions will carefully consider the effects their sexual thoughts and behaviors have on their lives today. Those who do have concerns about their sexual thoughts and behaviors need to know that they can get help and support.

Yes ---- No

Yes	No	Do you sense that your sexual thoughts and/or behaviors are causing problems in your life?
Yes	No	Have sexual thoughts interfered with your ability to function at work or at school?
Yes	No	Do you worry that your sexual thoughts and/or behaviors are more powerful than you are?
Yes	No	Do you sometimes think that you are the only person who has certain sexual thoughts or engages in certain sexual behaviors?
Yes	No	Do you fail to meet commitments or fail to carry out responsibilities because of your involvement with pornography?
Yes	No	Do you struggle to control or completely stop your thinking about or viewing pornography?
Yes	No	Do you view pornography in order to escape, deny, or numb your feelings?
Yes	No	Do you think about sex more than you would like to?
Yes	No	Do you spend more money than you can afford to spend on pornography?
Yes	No	Does it seem as though there is another person or force inside of you that drives you to pornography?
Yes	No	Do you have two standards of fidelity -- one for yourself and one for your spouse or partner?
Yes	No	Do you feel empty or shameful after viewing or masturbating using pornography?
Yes	No	Have you ever promised yourself that you would never again view pornography?
Yes	No	Do you use pornography to deal with, deny, or avoid problems in your life?
Yes	No	Do you risk legal problems in order to view pornography?
Yes	No	Do you anxiously anticipate or fear trips out of town because of what you think you might do sexually while you're away?
Yes	No	When you have child care responsibilities, do you put a higher priority on masturbating or being sexual than you do on the welfare of the child(ren) in your care?
Yes	No	Do your sexual thoughts and/or behaviors interfere with your spiritual or religious life?
Yes	No	Do your sexual thoughts and/or behaviors cause you to believe that you don't deserve to have a religious or spiritual life?
Yes	No	Have you lost a job or risked losing a job because of your involvement with pornography?
Yes	No	Do you scan printed material (novels, newspapers, magazines) or change channels on the television set just to find something that will stimulate you sexually?
Yes	No	Do you regularly view pornography or engage in fantasies involving self-abuse or other kinds of physical abuse?
Yes	No	Do you dig through other people's garbage to find pornography?
Yes	No	Would you rather masturbate than be sexual with a partner?
Yes	No	Do you drive around unfamiliar neighborhoods (cruise) hoping to find places where pornography is available?
Yes	No	Do you look at pornography or masturbate while driving?
Yes	No	Have you replaced a collection of pornographic material after destroying one collection and vowing never to purchase pornography again?
Yes	No	Has an important relationship in your life ended because of your inability to stop looking at pornography?