Coping with a Reading Problem: You Don't Have to Do It Alone

Do you have a reading problem? Take this simple test to find out.

1. When you wake up in the morning, do you need something to read to get going?

2. Do you read alone?

3. Do you hide your reading from others?

4. Do you read in the bathroom?

5. Do you make excuses for your reading to others, like, "I didn't really like that book, but I finished it because I always have to finish books," or "I only buy Playboy for the nude photos."

6. Has your spouse threatened to leave you unless you give some of your books away?

7. Has your spouse left you already?

8. Are you now wondering whether your spouse left you, and you just may not have noticed?

If you answered yes to even one of these questions, you are at serious risk for a reading problem. If you answered yes to most or all of these questions, your only course of action is to publish a minor novel and become a professor at a community college.

[image via Chris Keeley, photographer, social worker, artist, activist]