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RichH
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Posted: Thu Jan 18th, 2007 02:48 am |
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Yes, I'm a newbie. First time posting. Love this opportunity to be "virtually" accountable. I am on day 12 and really seek God's grace and mutual support to end the pornography, masturbation and the lies! I am sick of it. I am tired of compromising and ending back up in this snare.
I welcome your prayers and support.
Blessings
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Gettinbetter
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Posted: Thu Jan 18th, 2007 04:00 pm |
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Rich,
Welcome. You will find grace and strength here. I can't speak for anyone else, but I found this site on Nov 25 and have been porn free since. That's coming up on two months. Not much after 30 years, but a real beginning. And I feel free. Wish I could lay out the steps here, you, first you do one, then two, then three, bingo...freedom. But God doesn't seem to work that way. It's His party and He's going to do things His way.
If you feel up to it, why not tell us a little about yourself.
Praying for you,
MLH
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willpower
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Posted: Fri Jan 19th, 2007 06:42 pm |
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Congrats - I too am a newbie to the site and to the idea of stopping this habit. I've struggled with it for many years, I know now that it is an addiction that I have to try and break. I have such strong will power and drive in other parts of my life, but this is my weakness. I am a divorcee of almost 2 years now. I'm a Christain man and Father of 2 great kiddos. Now is the time for me to break this !!! and I am counting on this forum to help me.
My goal. . . find comfort in God only and conquer this.
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RickH
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Posted: Fri Jan 19th, 2007 08:46 pm |
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Thank you gentlemen for your replies. Let me tell you a bit about myself. I am a 52 year old Christian man. I reside in suburban Detroit. I am happily married with two grown daughters. One lives out of state, the other is going to Law School.
That's the easy stuff. Now the hard stuff. I have been struggling with porn since I discovered my father's porn magazines as a child. Although I never brought porn into our house while my daughters were growing up, I still had a lust problem. Stop, make that "have" a lust problem. Occassionally, while out of town, I would view a porn tv show on cable or magazines.
More recently, the world wide web has been a mixed blessing. I work for a technology company and frequently tele-commute so I am on the internet all day long. When I am behaving myself, that is a good thing.
But, the easy access to porn on the web has overwhelmed me at times. I have gone through so many cycles of viewing porn, acting out, being overwhelmed with shame, vowing never again...only to find myself repeating the same cycle.
As I noted in my first post, I am tired of the cycle and the lies. I desire true freedom through the grace of Jesus Christ and the support I hope to find here.
Blessings.
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APR
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Posted: Sun Jan 21st, 2007 10:33 pm |
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RickH wrote:
the easy access to porn on the web has overwhelmed me at times. I have gone through so many cycles of viewing porn, acting out, being overwhelmed with shame, vowing never again...only to find myself repeating the same cycle.
As I noted in my first post, I am tired of the cycle and the lies. I desire true freedom through the grace of Jesus Christ and the support I hope to find here.
This is exactly how I feel!
I have been holding you up in my prayer times,
God Bless
Art
Last edited on Sun Jan 21st, 2007 10:34 pm by APR
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RickH
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Posted: Sun Jan 21st, 2007 11:40 pm |
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Thank you, Art, for your post. I am praying for you as well. I am also praying for willpower and Gettinbetter.
I have also approached my pastor about starting a men's accountability/grace group so I welcome your prayers that I will have the courage and honesty to follow through.
God Bless
Rick
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APR
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Posted: Mon Jan 22nd, 2007 02:50 am |
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I'll be praying for your group as well. When I told my pastor about what was going on, he asked me several questions about what I understood and how I was feeling and he encouraged me to write things down as someday I would be helping others in the same position as me. My Pastor also had a Internet Porn problem and the fact that he is still loved respected and effective was the biggest eye opener for me and what made me really get real about stopping.
Like everything else in this walk with Christ we never know where it's going to take us.
willpower and Gettinbetter, how are you doing?
Blessings,
Art
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