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I'm going to assume this post is sincere because whether it's a troll or not there are definitely severe porn addicts on /pol/ who might benefit from reading this. I am also a recovering porn addict. Porn ruined my marriage. I hated feeling like a slave to it. It's been a lengthy and difficult process but I finally feel like I'm making serious headway so I will share what worked for me.
First some points to understand:
1. Yes, porn is addictive and porn addiction is real. I think mass porn addiction is actually one of the largest problems in society affecting men today, but it is poorly understood and so normalized that many people who are clearly addicts will be deep in denial. I would strongly encourage everyone to seriously evaluate your porn use. It very likely is not healthy.
2. Porn use looks like a cocaine addiction in terms of how it affects the brain. It does have serious physiological effects on the brain like a more traditional drug would.
3. Quitting porn is particularly difficult compared to other addictions. I have heard this from basically every single recovering porn addict who was also addicted to something else like alcohol or even heroin. "Quitting alcohol was hard, but quitting porn feels impossible." I think part of it is ease of access. If you use the internet you're effectively always "hanging out at the bar" so to speak. Porn is a click away. Busting a nut is also natural and a hard wired drive, unlike a drive to consume a physical drug.
4. Porn is a behavioral addiction (like gambling addiction). This makes certain elements of managing it murkier. If I am a heroin addict I am either putting the drug in my body or I am not. There is no middle ground. If I am a porn addict trying to quit porn, is jacking off to the Sears Catalogue ok? Is jacking off to nothing ok? Is looking at sexy women without jacking off ok? You will need to seriously think about these edge cases and define your own goals.
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