I, AM I ADDICTED

 

 

ROADS AWAY FROM PORN

by Salman Pasha

 

I AM I ADDICTED

“Before you can break out of prison, you must

realize you are locked up.”

Anonymous

 

If you have chills, sweating, dehydration, headache, muscle aches and pains, a feeling of weakness and loss of appetite, the chances are that you might be suffering from a Viral Fever. Because these are the general symptoms of Viral Fever.

 

You would completely agree with me that to cure a disease, you first have to know that you have one. Then you have to know which disease it is. Then and only then you would be able to medicate yourself. It is no different with Porn Addiction, which to me is no less than a disease which requires immediate medication.

 

If you are reading this book, you would have already experienced and still experiencing the effects of porn and masturbation. But if you think you are not addicted to porn and masturbation, consider this: -

 

Fish don't know they're in the water

If you tried explaining it, they'd say, "Water? What's water?"

They're so surrounded by it, that it's impossible to see

They can't see it until they get outside of it

Addicts don't know that they are addicted

If you tried explaining them, they'd say, "Addicted? To what?"

They are addicted to it so much that, it's impossible to see

They can't see it until they try quitting

 

If you still think you are not addicted, I would suggest you go to through the following list of porn addiction symptoms and see if you have any of these symptoms. And, if you have, try quitting porn and masturbation for the next 30 days, you will see the difference it will make in your life. You can quit porn and this book will show you how. In quitting porn and masturbation, you won’t lose anything except temporary pleasure, but you will have a whole lot to gain.

 

THE SYMPTOMS OF PORN ADDICTION

• You watch porn and masturbate compulsively.

• You have tried to quit porn multiple times without any success.

• You are viewing progressively more intense or bizarre sexual content.

• You feel a sense of emotional distress, or feeling of withdrawal when you quit porn.

• You are escalating the amount of time you spend on porn, from hours sometimes to even days.

• You continuously use porn, despite negative consequences and promises made to yourself or others to stop using it.

• You have started lying, keeping secrets and covering up about the nature and extent of your porn use.

• You get Angry or irritable if confronted about the nature or extent of your porn use.

• You watch porn as a way to alter your mood, to obtain a “high” or to avoid other unpleasant feelings, like anxiety or depression.

• You have lost interest in non-porn activities such as work, school, socializing, family and exercise.

• You are suffering from sexual dysfunction with your partner, (including erectile dysfunction, delayed ejaculation and an inability to reach orgasm) but not with porn.

• You are neglecting important social, occupational, or recreational activities to watch porn.

• You prefer fantasy over reality and find sex less satisfying, and porn use is more sexually exciting to you than a partner.

 

DOES YOUR STORY SOUND LIKE THIS?

I feel powerless to resist the urge to view porn, and I frequently spend more time or money or both on porn than I initially intended. I have made many unsuccessful attempts to limit or stop viewing porn but, I spend a significant portion of time viewing porn, thinking about porn, or engaging in activities that will enable access to porn. Due to which, I neglect family, social, or work obligations. I continue to use porn despite experiencing negative consequences and I pass up opportunities or consider passing up opportunities, to have more time to use or view porn. I feel anxious, stressed, or irritable if I’m unable to access porn.

 

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 to be continued . . .