The hardest part of any journey is often the beginning. This is certainly true when it comes to the journey of making change—especially a change that involves overcoming an addiction.

It’s no secret that entrenched habits can be difficult to deal with. In trying to help people understand how habits form, Psychology Today explains, “Old habits are hard to break and new habits are hard to form. That’s because the behavioral patterns we repeat most often are literally etched in our neural pathways.” This neural etching can lead from behavior to addiction, and when […]

Less than 3 years ago the Surgical Neurology International Journal published the article, “Pornography Addiction: A Neuroscience Perspective.” Take a look at some of the main points of the article in our summary below.

The Nature of Addiction

Addictions don’t only create chemical changes in the brain; they also create anatomical and pathological changes in the brain. Come again? That’s right, addictions physically change the brain. Simply put, the frontal area of the brain (where the “braking system” is located) becomes damaged.

Typically, hypofrontal syndromes are seen as a result of […]

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Why can it be difficult for people with a pornography addiction to recognize that they do, in fact, have an addiction?

With a substance addiction like alcoholism, it is pretty easy to assess when an addiction has set in. The physical evidence alone (number of bottles consumed, liquor store bills, etc.) can be tell-tale signs that alcoholism has developed.

However, pornography addiction is a behavioral rather than substance addiction. It is harder to “measure” so to speak, especially because many people feel that using pornography on occasion is normal […]