Level 1

Patrick Carnes, one of the leading authorities on sexual addiction, has categorized sex addiction into three levels. At level 1 a person's lust has begun to exert its control. They are compulsively involved in such things as masturbation, pornography, homosexuality, or demeaning heterosexual relationships. Although it is difficult to categorize some web sites exactly according to this level, most of the web sites presented here probably best fit under a level 1 addiction.