Is there a single point in time to which I can point and say: this is when I became a pornography addict? Or was I simply born this way; doomed right from the start? I guess it depends on how far you stretch the definition of addiction. I don’t believe I became obsessed with pornography [...]
Learning how addiction really works was a revelation that became a fascination. It never previously occurred to me that an alcoholic’s experience could have anything in common with my experience as a pornography addict. It turns out that all varieties of addiction carry certain symptoms that are experienced by virtually all addicts. Emotional hypersensitivity. Simple [...]
I was originally going to call this blog post Confessions of a Porn Addict but I was worried I might attract the wrong audience. Ultimately, my story is not about pornography, it’s about addiction. And like every other kind of addiction, my basic behaviour is the same: Craving Torture Taste Binge Remorse Never Again The [...]
