The Addiction Cycle
A step by step explanation of the addiction cycle, knowing where you get trapped is the best way to escape.
Scientific Explanations of Addiction
History shows what we think is healthy changes everyday.
THE CHEMICALS BEHIND THE ADDICTION
Your brain makes natural drugs on its own. Pornography causes an over-load of these chemicals to be released in the brain.
THE BRAIN & ADDICTION
What is addiction? Why is pornography addictive? How does pornography affect the brain?
HOW IS PORNOGRAPHY REALLY A DRUG??
Porn acts as other drugs releasing increased amounts of natural endorphins and chemicals in dangerous amounts. Withdrawal symptoms from porn resemble those of other illegal drugs. Irritability, inability to sleep, emotional outbursts, physical shaking, etc.
COMPARING PORNOGRAPHY TO A HARD DRUG
Look at a side-by-side comparison of pornography and drug addiction.
Choice Points: Stepping Out of the Addiction Cycle
Here is some good news about the addiction cycle: there is a way out. These points of possible choice arise at different times and in moments that will surprise you.
What Are the Effects of Pornography Anyway?
Long term porn use effects mental health, relationships, and sexual response.
STAGES OF ADDICTION & HOPELESSNESS
Porn can lead to feelings of worthlessness and depression.
UNCONTROLLABLE CONSUMPTION
Porn can be addictive and lead to uncontrollable consumption and compulsiveness.
How We Got Here Part 4: The Media’s Drive for Higher Profits
As soon as media producers and advertising agencies realized that “sex sells,” it changed everything.
How We Got Here Part 3: Advancements in Technology
From magazines to video to DVD to internet to your cell phone, pornography has creeped into your everyday life.
How We Got Here Part 2: Slow Cultural Shifts
Science has to catch up with truth; then societies’ behaviors have to catch up with science. Bottom line: things don’t change quickly.
How We Got Here Part 1: A Lack of Education and Awareness on the True Effects of Pornography
Because of this lack of education and awareness on the true effects of pornography, we have allowed our society to become engulfed in a sexually hijacked culture.
PORN AND SEXUAL CRIME
Is there a link between pornography use and sexual crime? Research is showing a positive correlation.
Synthetic Sexuality: What Porn Really Is
Some people might wonder about the difference between the experience of a healthy sexual relationship with a loved one and the sexual experience of pornography. It’s easy to think, “Hey, they’re both sexual so it’s just two kinds of the same thing, right?” Are they?
The Industry’s Dirty Little Secret
To viewers, pornography can appear a fantasy world of pleasure and thrills. To those who create and participate in making pornography, however, their experiences are often flooded with drugs, disease, rape and abuse.
WHY PEOPLE DON'T GET HELP OR WHY HELP DOESN'T WORK
Recognizing and overcoming the mind traps created by addiction.
THE PORNOGRAPHY PANDEMIC
What if I told you there’s another pandemic that you rarely hear about, but that’s been spreading like crazy for years? It may not make you physically sick, but it changes the mental, emotional, and social attributes of its users.
