Does addiction go away simply overtime?

It's hard to answer all of these questions because it does probably vary from person to person. I have 5 1/2 years away from PMO. In my experience, my interest in that has dwindled. However, the addiction does not go away. I do still crave watching it sometimes. In fact, I nearly relapsed tonight. Yikes! One of the reasons I didn't, is because I have so much time away from it that it would actually feel more jarring and strange to actually go back to it at this point. I don't think this addiction is always about libido. I found that most of the times I've gotten really triggered had to do with emotional fears and not wanting to feel stuff rather than high libido. I do recall though back in the day when I would use p, when my libido was very high, it was harder to stay away. Now that I'm in a relationship, that's not really the thing that makes me crave it. Hope that makes sense. Progress is not looking at it and living your life and seeing where that takes you. I think it's safe to say that one's interest in P significantly declines the longer you stay away from it, but it doesn't seem like the addiction ever completely goes away.

 

Just undo the restrictions and your addict brain will consume crap like a starving bear.

There are no studies in my knowledge that confirms that addiction declines as we age.

From the point of addict brain, the cycle of porn addiction can only worsen as we consume the crap. Porn addiction is a vicious cycle that feeds on itself and leads to deeper and deeper muck. The neural connections associated with porn addiction will only gain strength over time as you consume more crap.

Once you begin the process of rebooting, it is plausible to contemplate that PMO might be declining as we age but the truth is that one thought, or one peek is enough to ignite the old addict neural pathway and you'll be hooked to crap before you even realize it.

 

That's an excellent point. The neural pathways that we form from PMO addiction are powerful and will always be there lying dormant when we abstain long amounts of time without it. But easily reignited when presented with PMO once again. The goal I believe is to create new healthy neural pathways with new healthy habits.

 

It's hard to believe that fetish goes away over time. I can say honestly that i was deeply into zoo-fetish. Not going describe it in details. It's widely disapproved form of fetish and it's illegal in many places so many people has very negative way of seeing it (ofcourse). I know this... but it's impossible for me to see me standing one day with them agreeing and sharing their way of thinking about the zoo fetish and bestiality p*rn. I don't think i will someday wake up and start hating zoofilia. Be disgusted about it and condemn it. So i believe fetishes remain there forever.

But gladly i think one can (over long period of time) start neglecting it so it gets buried deep. One might later be like "meh" about it. Not interrested anymore... But when triggers are presented, it's game over pretty quickly :/

So, one just have to stay the fuck away all that shit. Never ever go there. Best thing would be to delete all SM accounts and use internet only when it's absolutely mandatory...

 

I know people who have been sober for years, relapse once, and they are right back to square one, or possibly in worse condition than the first.

 

I do too. Although it was possible that after years of recovery, one slip/relapse is not enough to undo it all. People can become stronger and have more tools to deal with this addition. But this thing is insidious and dangerous as hell so anything is possible.

 

I clearly don't speak for anyone else, but in ylmy experience, from the addicts I've talked to, the short answer is no, this never goes away. The longer you fight this addiction, the less difficult it gets to win each day, but in my opinion, this is nothing like a disease that we can ever be cured from. It's not a phase or simply a bad habit. It's an addiction, and addictions never just go away because they're tired of being ignored, unfortunately.

 

To kill a bad addiction we must create a good addiction in the alternate to heal out according to my mind

 

That's a pretty good advice. Get rid of porn addiction and introduce weight lifting and bodybuilding addiction. Start a life of alpha male, be confident as fuck, get women, mate with them, keep one of them, become a family, have kids and succeed in life. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me lol

It doesn't always go like that but it's worth trying.