What is it about us that makes it so easy for us to become addicted to things?

As people. Like a porn addict for example, he simply wants to walk away from his ways, but something pulls him back, he is turned against himself, why are we so weak as humans and so easily addicted? What about us makes it so easy to fall prey to the evil things, but makes it so hard to do the right things?

Excellent question.

I don't think the weakness is a natural inherited trait, rather it's the result of generations growing up in a world with a commercial solution to every form of discomfort. Think about the pioneers who loaded up their belongings in a covered wagon and set out for the West. They had none of what people today take for granted and discomfort was part of their every day life. The technology improvements of the past 100 years has taken away most all of the discomforts the pioneers experienced and replaced them with machines, gadgets and pills.

People today grow up with the belief that they are not supposed to experience any discomfort whether it's as simple as being warm or cold, have a headache, in a bad mood or horny. We're supposed to feel good 24/7. When we feel discomfort, we look for an immediate solution and unfortunately the cure can often be worse than the cause. Plus, when you do something that makes you feel better, it often makes you feel worse when you stop doing it.

In total, the increasing numbers of addicts is the result of our belief that every discomfort has a cure. In the case of porn, there may be additional factors like self image and an inability to relate to the opposite sex normally but the pursuit of the perfect climax surely plays a part in it. In short, our society is addicted to a life of all sunshine in a world where it often rains.