1Porn addiction ruined my life Increasing numbers of men are finding pornography too hard to give up. And while an interest in pornography may seem like a harmless habit, the experts tell 20/20 that is simply not true. They say its heroin-like effects on the brain are leading to more and more hardcore addicts. Like any addiction, the cost is very real, with a trail of ruined relationships, and broken families. One man has spent literally millions of dollars on porn, another man's demands to act out what he had seen on screen cost him his marriage. However, one brave man is determined to kick the habit.