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Introduction:
Stop Looking at Porn, You Sicko!
Comedian Bob Newhart has been making people laugh for decades. One of my favorite skits
features Newhart playing the role of a therapist. 1
After one patient describes her fears of being buried in a box, he advises her to listen carefully
to two words and incorporate them into her life. “Are you ready?” he asks. “Here they are…
“Stop it!” He shouts.
When she seems puzzled by the therapy, he says, “This isn’t Yiddish, Catherine. This is English:
Stop it! You don’t want to go around in life being scared of being buried in a box, do you? It
sounds frightening. Then stop it!”
As Catherine brings up other phobias and problems, she receives the same advice. She suffers
from bulimia. “Stop it. Are you a nut of some kind?” She has self-destructive relationships with
men. “Stop it!” Newhart shouts. She fears driving. “Get in the car and drive, you kook! Stop
it!” For reasons apparent to most people, poor Catherine doesn’t feel comforted and demands
more from her therapist.
“I don’t like this therapy at all. You’re just telling me to ‘stop it,’” she confronts.
“Okay, let me give you 10 words that I think will clear everything up for you,” he says. “Do you
want to get a pad and a pencil for this one? Are you ready? Here are the 10 words. Stop it or I’ll
bury you alive in a box!”
Hopefully, no one meets a therapist like this. But unfortunately, this is the pointless counsel
that many people give themselves or to others regarding porn use: “Stop it!”
No one likes to admit they feel out of control, but then pivotal moments come along that wake
us up to what our habits are costing us.
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