It has more than 100 PLAYLISTS of pornography addiction help videos, as well as many other helpful and informative videos in the FAVORITES section. Additionally it has many porn addiction help resources listed in the ABOUT area and a list of other porn addiction help channels on YouTube.
So in addition to checking out the videos and resources on this page below, please do check out this extremely useful resource at YouTube that has been created just for those who are looking for help with their porn addiction problems. Thanks.
For more than 50 personal stories documenting the harms of compulsive and/or excessive pornography use and/or pornography addiction please see our "Porn Harm Stories" page. Thank you.
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LOOKING FOR A SEX OR PORN ADDICTION THERAPIST OR COUNSELOR?
Check out this very helpful directory of over 1,000 entries in the United States!
This guide below targets those struggling to regain sexual health and offers comprehensive treatment to combat the negative consequences of sexual addiction.
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ACCOUNTABILITY SOFTWARE:
Saavi Accountability (www.saaviaccountability.com) -- The only online accountability program that works with all online addictions. It is also the only program that sends notifications instantly via text message to an accountability partner so that they can be supportive when an individual needs it the most at the point of weakness, while they are accessing the online content. The software was created by a young man (26) who overcame his addiction and is trying to help others.
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"With addicts, often, pornography crosses over to their real lives. They may start going to prostitutes, hanging out in strip clubs, meeting women from sex chat rooms. There were quite a few who found that their interest in adult pornography trickled down to an interest in looking at teens, and soon they found they were looking at child pornography. For several of the men I talked to, that was a trigger for recovery."
Pamela Paul, "How Porn Destroys Lives," Interview with BeliefNet.com
Most men or women who get addicted to porn start early. They see porn when they are very young and it gets its foot in the door.
* PORN ADDICTION:
You keep coming back to porn. It becomes a regular part of your life. You're hooked and can't quit.
* ESCALATION:
You start to look for more graphic pornography. You start using porn that disgusted you earlier. Now, it excites you.
* DESENSITIZATION:
You start to become numb to the images you see. Even the most graphic porn doesn't excite you any more. You become desperate to feel the same thrill again, but you can't find it.
* ACTING OUT SEXUALLY:
This is the point where men or women make a crucial jump and start acting out the images they have seen. Some move from the paper and plastic images of porn into the real world, with real people, in destructive ways.
"I spoke with probably two-dozen people who were addicted to pornography. They talk about the denial going on for years. I spoke to men who said they weren't addicted but who spent hours online, staying up till one or two o'clock in the morning looking at porn. It's like alcoholism in a lot of ways--sometimes it takes a disaster to realize it, other times something triggers a reaction akin to shame or guilt."
Pamela Paul, "How Porn Destroys Lives," Interview with BeliefNet.com
If you wouldn't be OK with your own daughter, sister, wife, girlfriend, or mother, etc. being in porn, (and countless thousands of boys and men masturbating to objectifying and dehumanizing images of them on a regular basis), why would it be okay for you to masturbate to images of other peoples daughters, sisters, wives, girlfriends, or mothers, etc.? It is important to remember that every single girl or woman that you see in pornography IS indeed somebody's daughter. (And/or sister, wife, girlfriend, or mother.) And they are every bit as worthy of respect and being treated with dignity as YOUR daughter, sister, wife, or mother.
Assuming you wouldn't be okay with your own daughter being in porn, you can either continue to use porn and choose hypocrisy, selfishness and indifference, OR you can choose to treat other people's daughters as you would want your OWN daughter to be treated, stop using porn, and thus choose to embrace empathy, kindness and compassion and be a better person and live with integrity. Just something to consider...
PLEASE SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE QUITTING PORN AND ARE ABLE TO.
Also get support from friends, family, and real life and online support groups. HELP IS AVAILABLE FROM PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND. You just have to reach out to them at the links provided at the top of this page. Find the website, group, messageboard or organization that you feel most comfortable with and email them, post at their web site, or call them.
Best wishes for much success to those who are working on quitting using pornography. Many others have had success when they have made the commitment, done the work, and created accountability. You can do it too!
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Here's an excerpt from a excellent article from February 2010 from the San Francisco Chronicle:
A 50-year-old married physician views Internet pornography for hours at home, masturbating five to seven times a day, then begins surfing porn sites at the office and risks destroying his career.
A woman spends four to six hours a day in Internet chat rooms and having cybersex, and eventually starts arranging to meet online strangers for casual sex in the real world.
A man spends many hours a day downloading porn, filling multiple hard drives, and devotes a separate computer just to pornography.
A married couple view pornographic movies together as part of their loving relationship, but the husband starts spending more time watching and less time with his wife, who feels left behind and rejected.
These scenarios are real-life examples of pornography addiction, a compulsive behavior that falls within the category of sex addiction - which has been in the spotlight since the explosive revelations of golf champion Tiger Woods' numerous sexual infidelities.
Millions of Americans struggle with porn addiction for years in secret, without getting caught, and continue their behavior even after it begins to have negative consequences in their life. For some individuals, images are enough, and they remain locked in the fantasy world of pornography. For others, Internet porn is a gateway to compulsive and risky sexual behavior with others.
Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health: www.sash.net
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BOOKS:
Treating Pornography Addiction: The Essential Tools for Recovery, Kevin B. Skinner
The Drug of the New Millennium - The Brain Science Behind Internet Pornography Use , Mark B. Kastleman
In The Shadows of The Net: Breaking Free from Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior, Patrick Carnes Ph.D
Untangling the Web: Sex, Porn, and Fantasy Obsession in the Internet Age, Robert Weiss
The Porn Trap: The Essential Guide to Overcoming Problems Caused by Pornography, Wendy Maltz
Confronting Your Spouse's Pornography Problem, Rory C. Reid MSW
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OTHER NEWS STORIES, BLOGS, POSTS OR WRITING ABOUT THE HARMS OF PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION AND SEX ADDICTION:
The Floating Lion/Mi Querencia Blog - One young man's journey of freeing himself from pornography use and addiction through self-examination, spirituality and practicing yoga. Read his first blog post Seven Steps for Dealing with Pornography Addiction, which is posted here at here AntiPornography.org. You can post comments and get personal feedback and support! Click HERE.
"An entire generation is being kept in the dark about pornography's effects because previous generations can't grapple with the new reality. Whether by approaching me (at the risk of peer scorn) after I've spoken at a university or via anonymous e-mails, young people continue to pass along an unpopular message: Growing up on porn is terrible. One 17-year-old who had given up his habit told me that reading about porn addicts "was like reading a horrifying old diary, symptoms, downward spirals, guilt, hypocrisy, lack of control, and the constant question of to what degree fantasy is really so different from reality. I felt like a criminal, or at the very least, a person who would objectively disgust me."
Let's not ignore people like him, even if it's tempting to say, as one headline did, "All men watch porn, and it is not bad for them: study."
That's just one more fantasy warping how we live our real lives"
Pamela Paul, "The Cost of Growing up on Porn," The Washington Post
Check out this powerful and inspirational video of Noah Church sharing how he overcame porn addiction and the many benefits of doing so! Also check out his helpful site at AddictedToInternetPorn.com!
Learn How Pornography Addiction Affects the Teenage Brain – Infographic
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For more information about the harms of pornography addiction please see the addiction page of the extremely informative new websitePornography Harms. (As well as other related pages. See list with relevant sections in bold letters below.)
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This outstanding website comprehensively addresses the harms of pornography in regards to all of the following categories: addiction, brain science, children, cybersex, family, Internet, Internet safety, marriage, men, psychological, prostitution, relationships, research, self image, sex trafficking, sexting, sexual violence, societal, STDs, teens, and women.
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ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY ORGANIZATIONS GROUPS AND WEBSITES:
Saavi Accountability -- The only online accountability program that works with all online addictions. It is also the only program that sends notifications instantly via text message to an accountability partner so that they can be supportive when an individual needs it the most at the point of weakness, while they are accessing the online content. The software was created by a young man (26) who overcame his addiction and is trying to help others.
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ADDICTION MESSAGE BOARDS & DISCUSSION FORUMS FOR HELP & SUPPORT:
NOTE: There are MANY anti-porn and porn addiciton discussion groups and pages at Facebook.
Just search GROUPS and PAGES for "porn addiction", "pornography addiction", "sex addiction", "anti-porn," "antiporn," "anti-pornography" & "antipornography"
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For more than 50 personal stories documenting the harms of compulsive and/or excessive pornography use and/or pornography addiction please see our "Porn Harm Stories" page. Thank you.
(Note: The No Porn Northampton FAQ is in the bottom half of their sidebar. In addition to the usual questions about pornography it addresses questions and concerns about activism against sexually oriented businesses such as "adult bookstores.")
Shared Hope International specifically focuses on fighting the demand for commercial sexual exploitaiton, including addressing pornography as a very significant demand factor for sex trafficking.
"Pornography is a marketing device for sex trafficking: It normalizes degradation and violence as acceptable and even inevitable parts of sex, and uses the bodies of real women and children as objects. The difference between pornography and erotica is clear in the roots of the words themselves -- porne means females slaves, eros means love -- so pornography, like rape, is about violence and domination, not sex. Millions of lives depend on our ability to separate pornography from erotica, and to disentangle violence from sexuality."
Gloria Steinem, 2006
For information about Gloria Steinem's important work of fighting against the harms of pornography, sex trafficking and other forms of sexual exploitation and abuse, including videos and an audio interview, please see our page on Gloria Steinem. Click here.
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