June 86 points 3 years ago

If it just takes a month to break, it’s not an addiction. It’s a habit.

Really hate the way that the word addiction is watered down by people who just look at porn a lot.

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Zikeji 26 points 3 years ago

To be fair, everyone handles habits and addictions differently.

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digdilem 16 points 3 years ago

I'd like to agree with you, but I don't think there are fixed periods where stopping something turns it from being addiction into habit.

Addiction is an inability to stop using a substance or engaging in a behavior even though it may cause psychological or physical harm.

I think porn can come within that definition, just as much as smoking or drinking can be called a habit.

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June 7 points 3 years ago

And I’m saying that what’s described in the OP is a habit, not an addiction.

‘Addiction’ is very overused when it comes to porn because people don’t have any concept of what addiction actually is. Half the time the harm doesn’t come from looking at porn, it comes from the purity culture that we’re inundated with in western society. Being abused by puritanical ideology does not make looking at porn an addiction. Neither does having a strong sex drive that makes us want to engage with sexual content.

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June 1 point 3 years ago

And I’m saying that what’s described in the OP is a habit, not an addiction.

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doppelgangmember 1 point 3 years ago

"It's just a heroin habit!"

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ricecake 1 point 3 years ago

Didn't take me more than a month to quit smoking, is that just a habit rather than a real addiction in your eyes?

You're going to have a tough time arguing that compulsive behavior that the individual has difficulty stopping and often performs when they otherwise didn't intend to isn't addiction, just because they found a way to stop.

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June 1 point 3 years ago

Again, I’m not saying porn addiction doesn’t exist.

I’m saying that the use of ‘addiction’ with porn is extremely overused and most people who claim to be addicted aren’t.

And for what it’s worth, I quit smoking after three years of up to 2 packs a day in a single day. Just made the decision and never craved them again. Every body handles substance dependencies differently. But porn addiction is different and the comparison is apples and oranges.

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