Addiction wreaks havoc on minds and relationships

By Ira Zunin

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 23, 2012

~~<p>With tears rolling down their cheeks, two patients recently confided that their marriages had failed when they suddenly learned their husbands were secretly addicted to Internet pornography. Both spoke about their feelings of betrayal, rejection and violation. They expressed emotions commonly shared when an affair comes to light, but there was more: "It is worse," said one patient, "to realize that my husband wasn't even in a real relationship and to see that he is also sick with an addiction."</p>
<p>"Every second $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography," according to Jerry Ropelato, author of "Internet Pornography Statistics" at the research website Top Ten Reviews. "Every second 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography. In that same second, 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines. Every 39 minutes a new pornographic video is being created in the U.S."</p>
~~

With tears rolling down their cheeks, two patients recently confided that their marriages had failed when they suddenly learned their husbands were secretly addicted to Internet pornography. Both spoke about their feelings of betrayal, rejection and violation. They expressed emotions commonly shared when an affair comes to light, but there was more: "It is worse," said one patient, "to realize that my husband wasn't even in a real relationship and to see that he is also sick with an addiction."

"Every second $3,075.64 is being spent on pornography," according to Jerry Ropelato, author of "Internet Pornography Statistics" at the research website Top Ten Reviews. "Every second 28,258 Internet users are viewing pornography. In that same second, 372 Internet users are typing adult search terms into search engines. Every 39 minutes a new pornographic video is being created in the U.S." Login for more...