“We had been dating for a year when I asked him, out of the blue, if he had a pornography problem. His answer started a journey I never could have expected.”
“It was like new glasses were put on me which showed me how pornography was impacting literally every area of my life. It affected the way I viewed love.”
“When the hardcore stuff stopped doing it for me, I started to search for simulated rape videos. When they ran their course, I tried to find actual rape videos.”
Like most people, I was exposed to porn at an early age. My family was verbally and emotionally abusive…porn became my substitute, and my coping mechanism.
This post was originally published in the Chicago Tribune. It has been shared with the author’s permission. Eight years ago I made the decision to stop viewing…