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Here's an official definition of addiction:
the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.
An addict:
a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
—v.t.
1. to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on an addictive substance, as alcohol or a narcotic.
2. to habituate or abandon (oneself) to something compulsively or obsessively: a writer addicted to the use of high-flown language; children addicted to video games.
One of the definitions of addiction is if it has a negative impact on your life, your relationships or your occupation. For those that try to compare any addiction as being different from another I say you need to learn about addiction and forget what kind it is.
The heroin addict no longer has the physical effects after going through withdrawal, just as the smoker eliminates the toxins in 10 days to two weeks. It's the therapy and understanding the cause of the addiction that takes years or even a lifetime. When you give up an addiction, you are still an addict. The distinction is active, recovering or recovered (both of the last probably one in the same).
So, while porn addiction may sound funny - and I love to joke as well - in all seriousness, true addiction, as defined, isn't funny. Just go back to the definition above.
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