Porn addiction and what to do about it

[PatK63]

Boys are becoming addicted at ages 10 - 12! There is help available through confession and youth leaders. I talk to a lot of guys on social media who want to be free from their addictions. Anyone who suffers needs to reach out and get help. It can do a world of good. Please pray for our young men!

 

[TheLittleLady]

Parents can inform their kids. Books like “Good Pictures/Bad Pictures” are written for kids at different age levels to help them understand.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I’m willing to bet that boys at puberty age may think they are “addicted” to porn when it’s just a case of struggling with hormones and self control like many generations have done before them. I don’t doubt that some people are genuinely addicted to porn, but most 12-year-olds do not understand true addiction yet and it’s more a matter of worrying that they are somehow addicted because they find the temptation hard to overcome.

 

[dbranch]

I started at age 12 and at points until age 21 I was watching sometimes every day. I was (and am) incredibly lonely. That’s a big factor for many.

I’m 22, and I’ve been free for 9 months. I don’t know how to give any advice. In my case it was nothing short of a miracle from God. I spent years begging for freedom. I had a frightening event happen in my life that made my desire for it go away.

But maybe the daily rosary could help. It’s said that after a while praying a daily rosary a person will drop sin(s) or drop the rosary.

 

[PatK63]

An accountability partner helps many.

 

[Dolphin]

Women struggle with it also, pray for them as well. To suggest it is just a male issue or to deny the struggle of women alienates them and perpetuates the “I’m weird and different” notion