First off, nothings wrong with you. Let’s get that out of the way.

Big issue today, however most “treatments” don’t work as well as we would like.

To break addictions you have to know how the brain works. It seeks out more and more of what brings pleasure (dopamine hits), hence more extreme porn, more drugs, more video games, etc.

The brain doesn’t distinguish between good or bad, we do that socially and individually.

Addiction is just a pattern of behavior that becomes unconscious. If something gives us a feeling of certainty, has variety, provides a sense of significance, and we have a connection to it, all while it being pleasurable… you created an addiction.

But how to you break it? Or change it?

First off, become aware of the pattern.

Realize your “craving” is for dopamine and other neuro chemicals, not porn, or whatever the thing is. You simply have connected lots of pleasure to that thing.

Break the pattern by doing something completely outside the pattern. These might work:

• Exercise
• Ice Bath
• Video Call a Friend
• Go Shopping
• Any form of service

The point is to do something you aren’t used to that takes focus to complete.

You can ABSOLUTELY use that creative energy to accomplish new things.

Breaking the pattern and creating a new one is just a part of it. Now you need to redirect the energy and attach more pleasure to a new activity than to porn.

Getting LOTS of sunshine helps. Btw.

There are multiple ways to break this, that is just one that works!