I am addicted to porn. Its time I face it.

[Harley.]

I am typing this in a rather frantic state, so be warned, i dont know how clear this will be.

I have spent the last 2 years trying to get my porn addiction under control and I just CANT. I am DAMNING myself due to my weakness. I have tried everything from website blockers to just "manning up" and controlling the urges. Yet nothing works. I developed this addiction in childhood and I am reaping what ive sown now. God has been SO patient with me, and yet I keep failing him! I keep turning away! I want to stop!! But I can't! If I could press a freaking button that would eliminate my sex drive I would hit it in a heartbeat. I don't care about sex, I just want to stop failing God. Please, someone HELP.

 

[FutureAndAHope]

Start by increasing the amount of time you spend in prayer and Bible reading. The Bible promises:

Mark 14:38 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Spending time with Jesus gives you access to power you would otherwise not have.

 

[NBB]

Go to a 'spirit filled' church stay there, if you can get help from some minister the better.
The way to win over this stuff, i think is constant prayer until God breaks your 'addiction'.
Don't give up, and don't get discouraged by failing, keep asking God to help you.
It worked for me, i was a slave to this stuff, i got angry lots of times at myself but couldn't stop.
Now it has been years since last watched that garbage for the spirit.

 

[SavedByGrace3]

1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

He is providing you with an escape. Look for it when temped.

Matthew 6:9-13 KJV
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

 

[Albatro55]

The fact that you admit your problem is a necessary and HUGE step towards recovery.
My advice as someone who's been there with a different addiction, is get professional help.
Treat it as an addiction, and don't be ashamed.
Find yourself a licensed addiction counselor and schedule an appointment. It might take more than one attempt to find a therapist that's right for you, but don't get frustrated ! If it's something that you really want to overcome then be tenacious and don't give up.
God Bless You and you'll be in my prayers.

 

[Ruzty1311]

What I've come to realize is that you cannot do it alone even though you might pray pray pray for God to take it away, he doesn't work that way, and I know this due to my own struggles. I am writing this today because I just got caught, for the 4th time, by my wife this past Monday. You are not alone in this. The devil uses every tool possible and lust is a MAJOR tool of his used for everyone. Take every step possible that you can! Delete every app off your phone that you've used to access it. Youtube, Reddit, you name it! Unfortunately we need the internet to operate in our daily lives so that's the hardest one, but it's possible by adding blockers and then using a password that you will forget (Don't write it down). Leave your phone outside the bathroom at ALL times! Leave your phone in the living room and use an alarm clock to wake up instead of your phone next to you! Take every step possible!!

 

[joymercy]

Harley, have you heard of a smartphone app called Exodus 90? Its for men only and it supposed to be very good.

In your time of desperation, why not give this a try?

 

[Jo555]

I am typing this in a rather frantic state, so be warned, i dont know how clear this will be.

I have spent the last 2 years trying to get my porn addiction under control and I just CANT. I am DAMNING myself due to my weakness. I have tried everything from website blockers to just "manning up" and controlling the urges. Yet nothing works. I developed this addiction in childhood and I am reaping what ive sown now. God has been SO patient with me, and yet I keep failing him! I keep turning away! I want to stop!! But I can't! If I could press a freaking button that would eliminate my sex drive I would hit it in a heartbeat. I don't care about sex, I just want to stop failing God. Please, someone HELP.

I'm going to speak to you as a woman. Pornography is a very evil, twisted way of looking at women. It's lust.

I'm not telling you this to condemn you. Be honest, i rarely ever feel condemned as He has given me a revelation of his great love for me and acceptance as i am. It pains me when i see how guilty and condemned his body feels ... But to stay on one topic... ...

Sex was created as an expression of love, and that is what is missing from pornography. You need to ask God to give you eyes to see women as He does; to give you his heart for women.

Paul recognizes how strong the sex drive is and even advises to marry instead of burning with passion.

But if you are addicted to porn, you have an unhealthy view of women as an object to fulfill your lusts. The world / satan marketing that imagine is a good deal of the problem.

Again, not trying to condemn. He loves you. He's not condemning you. Sin is condemned, but you are not your sin. You are not your behavior. You are a child of God. More i can say but must move on now.