What it’s like to come out as a sex and porn addict

When I was at university, I made a list of all the bad deeds I could remember committing. Then I showed that list to my new boyfriend.

There were at least five or six pages – both minor offences and substantial wrongdoings alike, including promises I’d broken in past relationships and meticulous methods I’d taken to harm my body.

I remember my new boyfriend’s expression morphing from one of curiosity to repulsion as he looked over the list.

‘Are you trying to make me fall out of love with you?’ he asked, handing my secrets back before he’d moved on to the second page.

Embarrassed, I tore up the pages and threw them into the bin, hoping he’d forget my gesture and history would forget that I was a bad person. I made a mental note that I shouldn’t be so forthcoming about my past, especially at the start of a new relationship. We didn’t work out.

For years, I wondered what I had been… Read the full story

from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2018/03/27/like-come-sex-porn-addict-7419819/
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