What Exactly Is a Sex Addict? Are You One?

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Am I a sex addict? Well, in one way, yes, because I really can't do without it.

On the other hand, unlike, say, drug use or smoking or whatever, sex is a very normal function and one that almost everyone would say that they need. So I think the real test is whether sex – whether seeking sex, watching porn, chatting on websites, whatever – is occupying so much time that it is preventing you from fulfilling life's other functions (work, social, ordinary self-care, etc). Another red light, to me, would be if I had no interest in having, or was unable to have, non-sexual or non-sexualised relationships.