I don't personally know anyone whose addicted to pornography, but I do know a few people who watches porn which brought issues among their relationships.  Such as - their girlfriends aren't comfortable with it, so they have to sneak around to watch it, or that they watch it on a daily basis that cause their girlfriends to become insecure which leads to self esteem issues and then they start thinking that the reason why their man watches porn daily is because he don't find them attractive anymore.. and yada, yada, yada. It even goes as far as the girlfriend starts labeling watching porn as cheating.  Like seriously? 

I think watching porn daily is fine, but it becomes a problem when it becomes an obsession.  Or when you start substitute pornography for being intimate with your partner.  You become too dependent on it that it becomes your life.

I often worry about this myself...I feel similar to your friend, my boyfriend views porn daily and doesn't see any issue in it...but I can honestly say I think it effects our sex life.

I've never known a woman addicted to porn, but I did have a family friend that was what you would call addicted. It was a little bothersome in a way since he was someone I've known for so long as a family friend. 

I don't know anybody, who has admitted their porn addiction but if I checked their files, which I wouldn't, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had a porn collection. addictions in general aren't good. I mean I don't have a porn addiction but if somebody looked in my files, they'd see tons of pictures of clothes/shoes that I saved because I like shopping. it is like I don't even have to think about it...I see a cute fashion related picture and I automatically right click and save it. I think the same thing might apply to porn addicts...they just habitually save the porn pics like an obsessive compulsive disorder. anyway, too much is probably when you zone out your s.o. and revolve most of your time around porn instead of spending time developing your relationship.

I look at porn daily too. I'm single, and gotta satisfy my libido somehow. Its simply a replacement for sex. If you're in a long term relationship, past the lust stage that exists in new love, I don't think there's anything wrong with looking at porn at that stage either. Better porn than cheating, right? (Don't give me none of this control your impulses nonsense). If both partners don't mind watching porn, it can be something you can do together to get the fires going. Sexual desire is a primal urge, and for those with high libidos, its not something you can really control, and isn't even recognised by psychologists (unless its nymphomania, but that is something slightly different).

I don't personally know anyone that is addicted. There are weeks where my boyfriend won't bother with it much at all and other weeks it's like every other day. It seems to depend on his stress level. Sometimes stress make him want to do it more, sometimes less. I feel the same way about food, lol. Unless it made him fuck up a lot at work or he started not having sex with me then I'd be worried. But that has never happened so...

like any addition, it becomes a problem when you want to stop... but can't.  whatever that means to you, because everyone has different levels of dependence.  i'd say that anyone choosing porn over sex has a problem, assuming they're sexually active.  

Dunno, I guess it's when you HAVE TO HAVE IT or else.

@methodElevated@xanga - My thoughts exactly. The first thing I thought was wrong with that picture was that his hands were on the laptop. Then the second thing was that the image wasn't even remotely sexy.

Rooftop_Bliss@xanga - you were brave enough to share so I think I will too. I also used to be addicted when I was around 13. (I'm almost 20 now) I watched it every time I got left home alone, every second I could. Eventually I guess I sort of grew out of it. I used to still watch it occasionally, until 2 years ago when I found out my boyfriend is a porn addict. (I told him I didn't want him watching it and I didn't want to be a hypocrite.) My bf's addiction on the other hand, is/was much worse than mine was. He hasn't watched it in about 8 months now, but when he did it was BAD. Watching it for hours every day, staying up ALL night, watching disgusting and weird fetish videos (vore?! girls in quicksand?).He lied to me about his porn use for 18 months. At one point I had a program on his computer to monitor his web viewing but foolishly when checking up on him I only checked the "pornography" section of the program. He must've realized that, so he did all his viewing on other sites like Myspace (yes, real people), Youtube, etc. For 7 months straight he looked me in the eye and promised me he wasn't watching anything. When I realized my mistake and found what he'd been looking at and when, I realized there were nights he would get off the phone with me saying he had to do homework or go to bed, so he could watch porn. There were nights he would come back to his dorm after having sex with me, and stay up watching porn for another couple of hours. THAT is what addiction does to men. It turns them into liars and cheaters. It is a REAL addiction and people need to realize that it is not always healthy and can be extremely destructive and damaging to anyone involved. (I know that it has affected me to the point where I can't even see a scantily dressed person, on tv or in real life, without wanting to cry or feeling like I'm going to puke.)

Too much of anything can cause issues.

If your hands start to get calloused, there might be a problem.

Also, um, some people tend to prefer their familiar stimulant to another body. This is really weird, but some guys actually prefer the tighter feel of their hand, to a loose pussy. (The obvious solution is to get tighter pussy, but I think it's more than that -- probably indicative of trust issues.)

@Rooftop_Bliss@xanga - Ohhhh. Thankyou for clearing that up.