The way it seems to me, there are two basic types:
1- the fellows who use lust (use porn, fantasy, masturbation, etc.) because it makes them feel good (even though it also makes them feel pretty bad sometimes, too), and
2- the fellows who discover (to their repeated amazement) that they will keep on using it regardless of whether it is pleasurable, or not. They are obsessed with it and with everything about it. Even though they are often disgusted with it (and with themselves) and swear off every time, it becomes obvious that they cannot seem to live without it.
GYE is here for both types and to give the opportunity to each type to get the help that he or she needs: type 1's to stop progressing out of control with chizzuk and support, and type 2's to come out of the shadows and shame and get the kind of help that we really need, for a change.
Hatzlocha! You are not alone.
Most addicts who I know start off as type 1 and 'graduate' to type 2 at some point.
