Like a lot of men I suppose, I saw pornography as a "guy thing". May'be I was a bit naive, but I didn't think that you could become addicted to porn or acting out, and I had no idea that women could become addicted. Over the many years of my addiction I destroyed relationships, lost jobs, ignored even the closest members of my family. My partner, my children, and later on my grandchildren and grew irritated and even angry if my porn watching and actIng out were interrupted or delayed by family or employment obligations, in fact anything that disturbed my time at my tablet. I isolated and withdrew from friends and family because my addiction was more important than they were, and, over time, I forgot how to live life.Today I'm learning to live life, to participate in reality instead of the virtual world that I inhabited for so many years.