Porn Addiction Self-Help 1

Hi. This is my second post. I was on the page 48 out of 205, when I started this blog. Now I am on page 70. I keep going. A lot of writing work with this book. I am talking about the book on the right side of my Blog.

This is a large sized workbook, I mean school-style, where you write on pages of the book itself. A lot of writing exercises. They describe you some point, give you examples of other people stories and situations, then ask you to write your own answer (on the blank space) regards discussed point. I have to stop a lot of times. Go around to mull over what I've learned. Find my own answer and put these not easy words on paper. So, I am now on page 70 out of 205.

How I got this book? I am an Internet Porn Addict for many years. I made a lot of semi-serious attempts to quit, and even serious attempts. I am a kind of personality, who hates the whole idea of discussing my sexual stuff before a group of people. So 12 step groups are out. To tell about my problem to therapists was also very hard task. I visited a psychotherapist. He pointed me to psychiatrist to take drug treatment, the psychiatrist was as twice expensive as therapist, so I don't even tried.

Finally I found the Community Free of Charge place with psychologists and psychiatrists. I filled a forms with hundred questions and finally (very quickly indeed) got an appointment with a psychologist. They gave me a psychologist first, to decide where I belong, then accordingly to situation. If drug treatment - to psychiatrist.

So, I met a psychologist. She, oh my God, she, she, she !!! I had to talk about it to a woman. I passed through a lot of non-pleasant questions, told her my story and she suggested a "group dynamics". They had a running group already, but not for Porn Addiction specifically. I refused. She promised to think about me and how to treat me. Oh, yes, she told me - no drugs for this! "Do you think there is magic pill?" So, I waited for her call. 2 weeks. Then called their office. Talked to human secretary. Recorded a message into answering machine. Waited another 2 weeks, the same chain: talked to secretary, left a message into answering machine.

I decided to STUDY this problem myself. There are no books in the library on this specific topic. I've already read all library books on addiction, but it was about other stuff: drugs, gambling, food, alcohol etc. No books on topic!

I made a long research on Amazon, read through many readers comments and ordered 4 books at once: one book by Dr. Patrick Carnes, one by Dr. Kevin Skinner, one by some Pastor, and one by Dr. Sbraga. When books arrived - I had a brief look and here are my feelings: Carnes looks scientific, Skinner’s book has too small text font, Pastor doesn’t talked to me. The last one by Sbraga - INDEED talked to me. So, I started.

That's the story. If you going to buy this book from Amazon - buy it new! Because it contains written exercises - you don't want to read the previous reader's dirty answers (aren't you???). I don't want to tell anything negative about other 3 books, I started Sbraga's workbook first, based on my feeling. Then, I will read Skinner, then Carnes.