This book is inspired by Alan Carr’s method to quit smoking and how it applies
to pornography.
Alan Carr’s method is based on the premise that willpower is not the course to
cease smoking and that people who rely on it are set to fail, whether in the long
or short term.
The author of this method preaches that instead of depriving oneself of an
addictive substance, work must be done to get to the root cause that directed
individuals to smoke in the first place. By attacking the source of the issue
instead of chasing symptoms, it becomes much more straightforward to have a
good time quitting, and yes, you’ve read that right. You can have a good time
quitting an addiction.
Most profoundly hooked individuals usually are because of the anxiety of
missing out. They all share a suspicion that life would not be significant without
porn in it and that they would have to go through painful periods of withdrawal.
The method has proven so effective because it addresses the core motivator
behind the problem and guides a person to comprehend the nature of their
behavior. That way, they wouldn’t have to confront any dread. In contrast, in the
process of quitting, instead, people would be finally relieved to hear the truth
that they weren’t aware of.
You may be surprised to hear that porn addiction is only 1% physical and 99%
mental. Our minds have been conditioned to experience anxiety in short bursts,
not in prolonged periods. Because of the magnitude, people give porn, the 1%
almost transforms into a lion that looks like it's on the verge of devouring them.
Porn addicts assume that they obtain total pleasure from porn consumption.
Many think it helps them enjoy life, manage stress, calm down, be better
socially, and even control their temperament with the opposite sex. For this
reason, they have a legitimate fear that even if they do quit, they will be
miserable, deprived, and more like zombies for the remainder of their lives.
Apart from fear, people also have mental and physical health concerns; they
detest slavery. Although they try to manage them as best as possible, these fears
remain like a fog obscuring their mind from operating normally.