Breaking the Habit

Fighting against an addiction to porn can be mentally exhausting. You might feel as though you are all alone, and then even when you are porn free, the images you viewed in the past can re-surface in your brain. It’s possible to create positive habits that will eventually rid you of the epidemic that plagues so many individuals with guilt and shame. Simple adjustments in your everyday routine will help you steer clear of pornography and keep it out of your life.

• Avoid problem websites and browsing when you are tired.

• Are there certain social media accounts that always end with you watching porn?

• Block certain sites in your browser. You could also use a text only browser for a while.

• Don’t keep your smart phone next to your bed. If you need it for an alarm clock, get an actual alarm clock or switch your phone onto airplane mode.

• Did you just suffer a bad break-up? If so, only browse during the day.

Try doing something else to overcome watching porn. Start working out to use up excess energy and fall asleep more quickly at night. One thing proven to be the most helpful, is talking about it with someone else and setting up some sort of accountability system. You’re much less likely to view porn if you have someone to help and keep you accountable. This should be someone you trust and report to on a frequent basis. It may seem like a scary thing to do; however, just the knowledge that your web activity can be seen by someone else will most likely keep you out of the darkest areas of the internet.

You Could be Watching Porn of Sex Trafficked Men & Women

Traffickers and sex buyers get ideas from porn, and then make their victims watch it as a way of showing what they’ll be expected to do. The violent fantasy concocted by some porn directors and his or her actors becomes the reality for trafficking victims.

Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction

Do you want to have great sex one day? Porn could destroy your capability of that.(1)

Porn Could Ruin Your Chances of the Life You Want

Watching a lot of porn leaves little room to excel in other areas like relationships, hobbies, or your future career.(2)

The Risk Factor Connection

Along with poverty and substance abuse, a child growing up in a home where porn is regularly consumed is far more likely to be trafficked at some point in his or her life.(3)

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1 Park, B. Y., Wilson, G., Berger, J., Christman, M., Reina, B., Bishop, F., Klam, W. P., & Doan, A. P. (2016). Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports. Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland), 6(3), 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs6030017 | 2 Fight the New Drug. “Why Quitting Porn Can Give You More Time and Energy to Get Back Into Hobbies.” Fight the New Drug, https://fightthenewdrug.org/porn-kills-hobbies-how-a-porn-habit-can-drive-consumers-away-from-doing-what-they-love/. | 3 Fight the New Drug. “National Trafficking Awareness Day: What You Need to Know about Porn, Trafficking & How to Fight.” Fight the New Drug, https://fightthenewdrug.org/national-human-trafficking-awareness-day-everything-you-need-to-know/.