tion of behavior. No longer is pornography pur-
chased at the drug store counter or gas station or
viewed on a VCR on the single television in the
house; rather, it is stored away in the hidden areas
of our cell phones, tablets and laptops, where its se-
crecy compounds the shame of its existence. We
must understand that in today's virtual world, por-
nography is a predator, stalking the far corners of
the internet for its prey. Even if we never seek it
out, the industry is working hard to find a way to
get it in front of us, from pop-up ads to spam email.
For the masses, it takes just one click to be swept
images in a mindless binge. The onslaught can
cause entrapment in an addictive cycle that leads
to a range of emotions that compete for control and
leaves the individual more and more isolated.
and reflexive, and one manages one's emotional
state through sex. Thoughts, locations and behav-
iors, as well as the emotional state in which they
commonly occur, can become triggers that initiate
an urge to participate in the addictive behavior.
nature involve the meeting of a legitimate emo-
tional need through compulsive sexual behavior.
According to Dr. Pat Carnes, the grandfather of
the sexual addiction movement, sexual addiction
is considered a pathological relationship to a
mood-altering experience.