Could you imagine waking up and the first thing that you think about is sex? How about leaving the house everyday wondering if you are going to be able to concentrate at work because all that you can think about is sex? In fact, imagine that this compulsion to have sex was so overpowering that it caused you to forsake your family, relationships and perhaps, even your own safety.

This awful cloud to live under is called a sex addiction. Very often people misunderstand and really cannot detect it. To find out if you have a loved one or yourself that you think may have this problem; look for red flags such as these.

Ÿ  Always in need of some type of sexual material  (porn, magazines) to get aroused or to have an orgasm

Ÿ  Trading money or drugs for sex

Ÿ  Going as far as looking for sex in public places

Ÿ  Not being able to concentrate on anything other than sex

Ÿ  Having anonymous sex with complete strangers

Ÿ  Drugging or getting someone drunk to the point

Ÿ  Not being able to function throughout the day

Ÿ  Indecent exposure

Ÿ  Abandoning personal relationships, including those with friends and partners and instead opting for anonymous-sexual encounters

Ÿ  Having careless unprotected sex with strangers

Ÿ  Buying prostitutes to the point of going into debt

Ÿ  Posing as prostitute to have sex

This is a very serious matter. It does not only affect the person with the addiction, but also all of the people in their life. The nature of this disease is progressive, which means that it does not get better on its own. In order for this to go away you have to get professional

help.

Sex is a healthy activity. Do not confuse the difference between just loving sex and flat needing sex in order to function.