If you’re truly determined to achieve life-long membership of the unhappy porn addiction club, following the next piece of advice should come quite naturally. I’ll bet you’re doing it already…

Permanent Addiction Tip 3: Don’t learn, get livid!

Every time you indulge in another mammoth porn session, be sure to rapidly descend into a personal hell of hopelessness and shame. Even if it was a brief slip back into cybersex, beat yourself up good and proper anyway. Angrily tell yourself that you’ll never be capable of change. Scrub out any hope of quitting or sticking to a recovery plan, and write yourself off yet again as a sad, hopeless case. Easy, non?

A non-addict might think that the post-porn comedown of anger and self-loathing would make it easier to quit. If doing something makes you feel so bad afterwards, you’re going to be less inclined to repeat the experience, surely? Not so for porn junkies. The hopeless comedown is a sure-fire guarantee that sooner or later, porn will be back on the menu. In this state of desolation, the addict loses any grasp of perspective or insight into their compulsive behaviour. You’re feeling bad, so you’re going to look forward to the one thing you rely on to feel better - more porn. And so it goes on.

So, dedicated porn martyrs, don’t take a deep breath and quietly consider the situation. Don’t remind yourself that relapse is part of the quitting process; an opportunity to get another handle on the problem and change. Whatever you do, don’t actively learn from your experiences. Just punish yourself with anger and despair, and your ongoing pornography addiction is in the bag!