{"id":15001,"date":"2024-07-02T04:37:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T02:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/02\/the-secret-lives-of-porn-addicts-i-am-meticulous-about-covering-my-tracks\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T04:37:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T02:37:20","slug":"the-secret-lives-of-porn-addicts-i-am-meticulous-about-covering-my-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/02\/the-secret-lives-of-porn-addicts-i-am-meticulous-about-covering-my-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"The secret lives of porn addicts: \u2018I am meticulous about covering my tracks\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

As pornography use soars, some men feel their behaviour is moving from a compulsion to an addiction. They describe how this affects their health, happiness and relationships<\/p>\n

Tony is in his 50s and recently did a rough calculation of how much of his life he has spent looking at pornography. \u201cThe result was horrifying,\u201d he says. It was eight years. \u201cI can barely think about it. The sense of failure is intense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tony saw his first \u201chardcore\u201d film on VHS in the 1980s when he was 12. In his 20s, he connected to the internet for the first time, which turned his habit into a \u201cfull-blown addiction\u201d. Over the past 30 years, he has just about managed to maintain a double life: he works in a caring profession, is friends with men and women, has had relationships. But there is a part of him he keeps entirely hidden.<\/p>\n

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\nAs pornography use soars, some men feel their behaviour is moving from a compulsion to an addiction. They describe how this affects their health, happiness and relationships
\nTony is in his 50s and recently did a rough calculation of how much of his life he has spent looking at pornography. \u201cThe result was horrifying,\u201d he says. It was eight years. \u201cI can barely think about it. The sense of failure is intense.\u201d
\nTony saw his first \u201chardcore\u201d film on VHS in the 1980s when he was 12. In his 20s, he connected to the internet for the first time, which turned his habit into a \u201cfull-blown addiction\u201d. Over the past 30 years, he has just about managed to maintain a double life: he works in a caring profession, is friends with men and women, has had relationships. But there is a part of him he keeps entirely hidden. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As pornography use soars, some men feel their behaviour is moving from a compulsion to an addiction. They describe how this affects their health, happiness and relationships Tony is in his 50s and recently did a rough calculation of how much of his life he has spent looking at pornography. \u201cThe result was horrifying,\u201d he …<\/p>\n

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