Is porn a moral problem – something that corrupts and exploits both men and women – or a health one?
Yes, to all. It can be extremely corrupting and exploitative of both men and women. The life of a porn addict can also be a very unhealthy one. Ask anyone who has hung out in the dark backrooms of a porn theatre or in the stalls of a porn shop. Such places are breeding ground for disease, to say nothing of the social, relational, and mental decay that is fostered in such places. You say religion played a big part in your recovery, what’s the hope for non-believers? It would be a mistake to suggest that a person will absolutely find freedom from the addiction simply because he holds to a religious faith. In fact, the average addicted man – believer and non-believer alike – never finds complete freedom. It is my opinion (and one that is borne out by conversations with hundreds of men over the past few years) that the best that the average person realistically hopes for is to be able to control the addiction and the behaviour that feeds it. Admittedly, to a person whose life has been torn
