{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Doing Life Together","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether","author_name":"Linda Mintle","author_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/author\/lmintle","title":"Pornography: Addiction and Compulsion","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KBHxrAWp40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2019\/07\/is-pornography-and-addiction.html\">Pornography: Addiction and Compulsion<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/2019\/07\/is-pornography-and-addiction.html\/embed#?secret=KBHxrAWp40\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Pornography: Addiction and Compulsion&#8221; &#8212; Doing Life Together\" data-secret=\"KBHxrAWp40\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"John\u00a0regularly uses pornography. He wonders if he is addicted or is developing an addiction.\u00a0The Head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Dr. Norma Volkow, supports the inclusion of sexual addictions, with pornography as a contributor to the larger field of addictions. Volkow and colleagues describe a three-stage model of neurobiochemical addiction. The three&hellip;","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/doinglifetogether\/files\/2019\/07\/home-office-2838944_1920-1024x683.jpg"}