Pornography

Pornography use is corruptive and can cause good people to sacrifice something dear for trivial but immediate gratification. The number of people who have lost control over their pornography use has dramatically increased as the internet has become more prevalent.

Problem Categories:

• Overuse
• Partner or family conflict over pornography use
• Distress over unwanted exposure
• Development of deviant sexual interests
• Involvement with illegal pornography (i.e., child pornography)

Pornography can provide immediate gratification [or relief], and because we are vulnerable to the Problem of Immediate Gratification [the PIG] we are easily corrupted. Once established, ending this kind of pathogenic relationship is much more difficult than most people realize. Poorly conceived attempts to prevent relapse generally fail with tragic results.

Treatment for this problem is generally based on the 12-Step model of Alcoholics Anonymous and often requires participants to accept powerlessness over the problem and to "turning it over to a higher power." This strategy has not been shown to be effective with everyone.

An alternative approach is presented in a free online course that is well matched with a particular subgroup of individuals called AVIS [Addicted, Verbal, Intelligent, Self-directed] Users.

The course presents text summaries of pertinent research in cognitive and neural sciences and several Trance Formation audio files. The research reviews are for your rational, problem-solving mind; other media offer invitations to experience personal phenomena directly and are designed for your experiential, unconscious mind. To check out this course to see if it is well matched with your attributes, or to begin the passage please click here.

"The descent to Hell is easy; the gates stand open night and day; but to reclimb the slope, and escape to the upper air, this is labor."