How Porn Can Become an Escalating Behavior

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We’ve all heard stories from smokers or former smokers that include something like, “It started with one cigarette, but eventually, I was smoking two packs a day.”

It’s one of the hallmarks of substance abuse: escalation. Users require more and more of their drug of choice to ‘get the same high,’ and their pattern of abuse is driven by their need for a greater quantity. This is especially true when the abuse is spiraling into addiction. But what about porn? Can porn consumption be an escalating behavior as


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