I woke up this morning with a boner that won't seem to go away and along with that a pretty big urge to masturbate (it's been six days so far, pretty impressive for the likes of me though I still have a LONG way to go...). I'm generally a sex positive person. I always have been. I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with masturbation (or porn for that matter) other than we developed a negative habit out of it that's hurting us. But I guess my question is what about later on down the road? After rebooting? Can I ever just masturbate out of legitimate need? Or is it like cigarettes? It's something you just can't go back to? I'm finding more and more that my addiction stems from my negative self perception and was more or less the escape from my personal issues rather than trying to confront them. But what if, again later down the road, I'm just plain horny, single and have an itch to scratch? I guess this question relates to my other thread "Will we ever be normal again?"
Yes. Wilson talks about this towards the end of Your Brain on Porn. I'm not at the computer now but I can copy a quote later.
