Evidence is piling up that the earlier and the more you use porn, the less you are capable of real intimacy with real partners.6 There is no lasting sexual performance, let alone satisfaction, without the development of wisdom and courage—how could there be for something so core to human existence? There is no technological way to replace becoming the kind of people who know ourselves and know another well enough to truly, deeply give ourselves to them. But as with all addictions, by the time you discover the disappointing reality of pornified sex, you are very often unable to break free on
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