The things people noticed, the conversations they avoided, and the changes they’re still working on.
Porn and gaming filled the hours I was afraid to spend with other people. Work, friendship and movement slowly gave those hours another shape.
Read the story : I could never stop at the time I had plannedI've never been kissed, I lost my friends to the screen, and my degree counted for nothing at interviews. Now I'm finally on a break from porn.
Read the story : I'm twenty-seven and I feel I lost the best years of my lifeI went from an easy-going kid to someone who avoided eye contact and couldn't make himself study. Two weeks in, I already feel much better.
Read the story : I used to look people in the eye. After years of porn, I couldn'tPorn and overeating filled every evening while my life went nowhere. When I finally tried sex, I couldn't finish.
Read the story : At twenty-seven I'd never even held a girl's handMy father drank, and I was the model student everyone admired. Porn was my hidden second life, and it cost me sleep, calm and years.
Read the story : I'd finish a porn marathon at 5 a.m. and wonder if bed was worth itI let my business sink into debt while my evenings went to porn. Four weeks without it, I'm slowly starting to feel things again.
Read the story : At thirty, my business was gone and porn was all I waited for