Dr. Sabet's

Although a comprehensive definition remains elusive, one can easily recognize addiction when confronted with its devastating consequences.  The hallmark of addictions, in my clinical experience, is the loss of control and a relative inability to make meaningful choices.  It also connotes being unequipped to confront the existential pain of living.  A self-defeating loop of a behavior then develops that  promises quick rewards, but [...]

67.4% of my patients have an addiction to porn!  ( o.k. I made up the precise statistic to get your attention; I just meant a significant subgroup!) Pornography activates the novelty-seeking pathways in the brain and by some accounts, is indistinguishable from cocaine in its activation of the pathways of the brain involved in the [...]