One of my students openly told me that he is the addict of pornography. He is trying to escape from that world but he couldn't. I was totally frustrated because I failed to give an answer and I asked him to meet the councilor, Can you kindly suggest any way to come out of the addiction.

Dr. Saul PereiraPsychologist47yrs exp

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You should have first appreciated his frankness and that he wants out of this addiction. This is a very good starting point. I also must take this opportunity to mention that institutions, especially educational ones, must invite experts on these topics to educate both staff and students so that both prevention and cure can be attempted at the first point of contact, at the institutional level. You did right to guide him to the counselor and I hope that person was able to help him. Even so it is always better for you to know yourself what to do to start with. Please remember that you cannot be an expert but at least you could do the correct thing when someone reaches out to you. The most important thing is to acknowledge the honesty and then guide the person to the right help. In any addiction there is a huge component of obsession. That is the individual will think about sex very often until it leads to the compulsion i. E. There will be a strong tendency to want to act on that obsession. It will feed into an impulse. Immediate measures would be to have him restrict his access to the net, dvds and magazines. He must also occupy his mind with thoughts other than sex, by engaging him in activities of interest, being in groups, exercising, and finding other sources of entertainment. He should also be put on a schedule of tight activities. He must be taught to respect a contract to call you whenever he is tempted and you must help him out at that time to overcome the impulse. A good sex education program will help him respect sex and the opposite gender, and kill the curiosity and experimental drive. Guiding him towards a relationship with the opposite sex will also lighten the burden of seeing girls in a rather telescopic view and making them objects of love. He will need the support of whomever it is possible to get involved without compromising on confidentiality. It might take some time for him to come out of it, especially if he is into late adolescence when the hormones at its highest. 

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