The secret lives of porn addicts: ‘I am meticulous about covering my tracks’
![The secret lives of porn addicts: ‘I am meticulous about covering my tracks’](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6d607d7fa00ccf67407d5931446a536137a447c3/0_0_2598_1551/master/2598.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e471cc0f13c7f5187ceb45ce55dc6f62)
As pornography use soars, some men feel their behaviour is moving from a compulsion to an addiction. They describe how this affects their health, happiness and relationships
Tony is in his 50s and recently did a rough calculation of how much of his life he has spent looking at pornography. “The result was horrifying,” he says. It was eight years. “I can barely think about it. The sense of failure is intense.”
Tony saw his first “hardcore” film on VHS in the 1980s when he was 12. In his 20s, he connected to the internet for the first time, which turned his habit into a “full-blown addiction”. Over the past 30 years, he has just about managed to maintain a double life: he works in a caring profession, is friends with men and women, has had relationships. But there is a part of him he keeps entirely hidden.
Continue reading...Date: |
Filter
-
The New York Times - Lifestyle
How Can I Tell My Elderly Mother That She Can’t Live With Me?
A reader still picking up the pieces after a recent divorce is wrestling with guilt for not wanting to take his mother in, knowing she wouldn’t hesitate to help him. -
MarketWatch - Business
My spouse and I are 60 and receive $145,000 a year in pensions. Do we need to worry about inflation killing our retirement plans?
“Our annual expenses are $105,000 and that includes travel, entertainment and maintenance.” -
The New York Times - Lifestyle
Packing for Camp? Leave Your Sephora Hauls at Home.
As young girls continue to embrace elaborate skin care routines, summer camps want to focus on inner beauty. -
MarketWatch - Business
‘His wife is manipulative’: My father married a woman, 60, with no money, then changed his will. How can I preserve my inheritance?
“He changed his will, leaving his new wife his share of the estate, plus all of the contents of the house, including family heirlooms.” -
Yahoo Sports - Sports
Yahoo Sports AM: The Caitlin Clark Effect
In today's edition: The Caitlin Clark Effect, $100M NBA players are on the horizon, Team USA's American football failure, and more. -
The Wall Street Journal - World
Amazon to Build Top-Secret Cloud for Australia's Government
Amazon’s cloud-computing business will build a cloud for Australia’s government, improving the U.S. ally’s ability to share and analyze information and boost the resilience of its defense communications.Amazon -
The Hill - Politics
More states on track to have abortion measures on ballot
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story More states on track to have abortion measures on ballot Ballot measures in Arizona and Nebraska ensuring abortion access advanced closer to a vote, with groups ...Abortion -
The Guardian - World
Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer
Labour leader also says he cannot foresee circumstances where UK would re-enter single market or customs union. Keir Starmer has insisted the UK will not rejoin either the EU, the single market or the customs union within his lifetime, in his ...European Union -
The Guardian - World
Change of menu: How The Bear can get back on track in season four
The third season of restaurant drama The Bear has left some critics cold – what ingredients can it beef up, tone down or discard in the next?. Major spoilers ahead. The third season of the Bear concludes on somewhat of a cliffhanger, albeit an ... -
Los Angeles Times - Entertainment
So the Paramount and Skydance deal is back on track. What happened and what's next?
After Shari Redstone nixed David Ellison's proposed takeover, the tech scion and his partners continued to work to win over the Redstone family.
More from The Guardian
-
The Guardian - World
Polls open across the UK as millions head out to vote - general election 2024 live
Polling stations are open across the country from 7am with voting taking place until 10pm on Thursday night. What time will we know who won? Guide to the nightConstituency finder and how boundaries have changedIt is the King’s duty as head of ...United Kingdom -
The Guardian - World
Governors admit worries but rally behind Biden after meeting: ‘We have his back’
President meets with Democratic governors for ‘candid’ talks as he seeks to reassure his party and the public. A group of leading Democratic governors offered words of support for Joe Biden on Wednesday as pressure mounted on the president to ...Joe Biden -
The Guardian - World
Israel-Gaza war live: Israel studying new Hamas response to ceasefire proposal
Mediators including Egypt, Qatar and the United States have been trying for months to secure a ceasefire and the release of 120 remaining hostages. Read all our Israel-Gaza coverage AP has reported on how the daily exchanges of strikes between ...Israel -
The Guardian - World
Hurricane Beryl hits Jamaica after leaving ‘Armageddon-like’ trail in Grenada
Jamaican PM says worst is yet to come as category 4 storm hits southern coast after causing at least seven deaths in region. Why Hurricane Beryl foretells a scary storm seasonHurricane Beryl has hit Jamaica after leaving an “Armageddon-like” trail ... -
The Guardian - World
French PM says ‘no place for violence and intimidation’ after candidate attacked putting up election posters – Europe live
Gabriel Attal said candidate Prisca Thevenot and members of her campaign team were attacked by four individuals. A new poll from Ifop shows that 47% of voters believe the far right National Rally will win an absolute majority of seats in Sunday’s ...