Internet Pornography Addictions.

While Internet Porn Addiction is not currently recognized as an formal disorder by the DSM, there is a growing body of research indicating that it will become one. A research review shows that the following signs are commonly held to be symptomatic:
- time consumed by sexual activity interfering with obligations
- repetitive engagement in sexual activity in response to stress
- repeated failed attempts to reduce these behaviors
- distress or impairment of life functioning

Some interesting statistics on internet porn use are:
-12% of  sites on the internet are pornographic
-2.5 billion emails (or 8%) per day are pornographic
-25% of search engine requests are pornographic
-the average age in which a child first views porn online is 11
-Annual worldwide internet porn sales are $4.9B (U.S. is $2.84B)
-35% of all downloads are pornographic.
-Thanksgiving is the least popular day for porn site visits
-Sunday is the most popular day for porn site visits
(from onlinemba.com)

Here are three good resources for partners of sex addicts:
-Married to a Sex Addict (www.marriedtoasexaddict.com)
-Co-Sex Addicts (www.cosa-recovery.org)
-Partners of Sex Addicts (www.posarc.com)