A: Whatever description is most helpful to you. I’m a pragmatist: some people might find the idea of having an addiction shaming, and others may find it supportive. Addiction is when someone person repeatedly (perhaps compulsively) engages in a behaviour or uses a substance despite harmful consequences, usually including experiencing cravings, and they experience difficulty stopping or controlling their use. A bad habit is a repeated behaviour that is harmful, unhelpful, or

This will vary from person to person - depending how deeply it has it’s hooks in you (hence the name of this website). Some people can read one article extolling the downsides of porn use and stop, whereas others may need deep intense self-exploration and support. Most of us will fall somewhere in the middle. The things that contribute to stopping: Internal drives and motivation ie wanting to stop. This is the toughest to achieve, because porn is very pleasurable. If part of

A: If you’re asking the question then the bad news is: you do. The good news is that every passing moment is another chance to turn it all around, so, if you start now towards getting unhooked, and put in some effort, then: freedom awaits. You might then ask, how do you (Oliver) know my porn use is unhealthy / problematic? A: Because ALL porn use is -imj- unhealthy and problematic. There is an article called ‘all the ways porn messes us up’, which lays this out in more gran