Porn addictions Tests
Here are some quantifieable simple tests which are easy to take if you want to see "where you are" on the relationship-sex-cybersex "merry -go -round":
- The Internet Sex Screening Test (ISST)
- Take the SAST
- Take the G-SAST
- Take the W-SAST
- Do an Exercise from the Betrayal Bond
Personal Stories
Nicole
Nicole. a 35-year-old single mother, stumbled onto cybersex by accident while browsing chat rooms looking for a new relationship. Before long she began spending her days and nights dressed in lingerie and red lipstick in front of her Web cam. "The more time you spend in there the more you figure out that it's all about being raunchy and kinky because it's anonymous," read more....
Steve
After my son was born I was masturbating 5 times a day and I couldn'tstop. It was either commit suicide or get help. My wife andson had gone on a trip, so I called up a dear friend and asked her tomeet with me. We met and I told her everything that had happenedto me and all that I could remember having done. When I was alldone (over two hours later) she didn't run away or call me a pervert. She said "Damn, that must really hurt." She validated myfeelings. I went to a therapist and then to a 12-Step supportgroup similar to Alcoholics Anonymous. .read more...
Allan
a senior partner in a Vancouver law firm, had earned a reputation for integrity and for caring about his clients. But in 1999 when his office got 'a gift from the devil': a connection to the internet. He quickly discovered internet porn and within a month his addiction was out of control. "It's called the crack cocaine of sex addiction and my story illustrates why," he says, "it just wreaked havoc with my working life. He'd spend hours during the day trolling for new porn waiting anxiously for the secretaries to leave at 5 p.m. so he could begin printing his lurid images on the printer staying at his office well into the late evening".read more...
Resources
Bellwood
The Sexual Recovery Institute
The Sexual Recovery Institute provides Southern California residents with outpatient sexual addiction treatment. We also offer short-term, intensive sexual addiction programs for our out-of-state and international patients.
SexHelp.com
Welcome to SexHelp.com! Dr. Carnes' Resources for Sex Addiction & Recovery Dr. Carnes is a nationally known speaker and pioneer in the field of sexual addiction. His work has brought hope and understanding to millions of people seeking to overcome the power of their addictions. An award winning author, his work has been described as “simply the best available on addiction and its consequences.” He serves as the editor of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity, The Journal of Treatment and Prevention published by Taylor and Foster.
Welcome and thank you for visiting the Center for On-Line Addiction. Founded in 1995, we serve as the first training institute and recovery center to specialize in Internet addiction and related online mental health conditions. Our site provides comprehensive information and recovery resources including online counseling for individuals, couples, and families who have suffered from cyber-triggered problems such as online sexual addiction, virtual adultery, compulsive e-auctioning, and obsessive day trading. We also offer customized continuing education workshops for healthcare providers
Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health
Help, hope, healing The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health (SASH) offers hope and valuable resources to those seeking information about sexual addiction. The General Information section of our site is an excellent place to begin. If you wish, you can take a self-scoring test on sexual addiction. If you have come here looking for a therapist for the treatment of sex addiction, our professional members may be able to help you.
HealthyMinds.com
Addiction is one of the toughest problems facing our culture today. The growing problems within the family, as well as many other cultural stressors, make addiction a national and international problem that is growing by leaps and bounds. In the U.S. we have promoted a "feel good right now" mentality that tends to feed the addictive process.
Sexaholics Anonymous
Sexaholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men andwomen who share their experience, strength, and hope with each otherthat they may solve their common problem and help others to recover.