Porn Addiction

[DaleBrown]

I’ve made it to 4 weeks sober from PMO! YES! I’m super pumped. I wish I would have achieved this earlier in my life but as they say, better late than never.

I was introduced to porn at an early age. Throughout my life, I’ve used it as a coping mechanism to handle stress and as a sleep aid. No I have developed healthier habits and my brain isn’t depleted of its dopamine, so I have the energy to complete my healthy habits and attack my goals. My brain is healing and yours can too.

There’s so much I want to achieve in my life and this is what has motivated me to get sober. Porn was like chains ⛓️ holding me back and I was finally able to break through ⛓️‍.

The benefits I’ve noticed are that my mind is much more sharp, I’m much more motivated, it’s easier to wake up early, and just an overall state of wellbeing.

I recommend meditating ‍♂️ to help you pull this off. And if you’re close with God, confide in Him and He will bless you and help you pull through.

 

[NBB]

i quit 5 years ago. Is so good to let your body mind and spirit rest of that stuff,
also is an horrible sin,
in my case, i prayed a lot, and God showed is like the bible says, "who sins is an slave to sin" so God broke those "chains" like you said you feel i guess, and after that i didn't watch again.

 

[stevevw]

I think porn is also such a guilt trip. It hangs over you. I was brought up Catholic so we carry guilt twice as much. But it naturally is something that weights males down. Even though there seems short term pleasure. Its a downer later on.

Similar to drugs in that a person looks to the high. That peak and then it deminishes and the guilt comes and you feel bad. Or even eating disorders and the comfort of the cream cake and the guilt and feeling sick and bad later on.

But primarily I think its demonic. Its a weakness of men mostly. It has a way of getting in and taking over. Its all around and I think the only thing that defeats this is a full on spiritual awakening. The realisation of porns power as an evil force that can take over you and control you and is the deepest and darkest evil.

That thought scared the living hell out of me that my spirit jumped out of my body. I vitually swore off porn on the spot. I think God injected His spirit that if I did not acted on what He revealed I was heading for hell. A scare really. But also one of deep respect and fear for God and for the evilness of sin.

But this also came as part of transitioning over time and gradually commiting more deeply to God. Sort of off loading sin one by one. The sin that persisted and was harder to overcome. Each persons sin weakness may be different.

God peels away the layers getting deeper to the core. He challenges you and makes you more aware and sensitive to sin. If you keep coming to Him even in the tough times we overcome these sins. But I think for most it takes persistence. It rarely happens suddenly. Mine came sudden but it took a long time to work my mind and spirit into being ready for that change in my core psyche.

I also noticeed its about habits and totums. Little signals or permissions you give yourself prior that can set you up later to sin. You recognise these and stop buying into them. Then the habit changes. New ones are created to take its place which give styrength and more faith. Positive spirits beat negative ones.