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Posted: Sat Mar 17th, 2007 08:01 pm |
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| hey whats up i'm gonna get straight to the point .. i'm almost 18 years old and i've been struggling with porn for years i hate it but at the same time i cannot get away from it. if anyone can help me or give some encouraging words please do!
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P2J
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Posted: Sun Mar 18th, 2007 01:05 am |
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Hi Breagan22,
Welcome to BG and congrats for having the courage to post. There are now millions, maybe billions like you/us adversely affected by porn. Just wanted to encourage you to read the literature, the posts, maybe listen to the radio broadcasts.
There is a war going on and at 18 you are in a good place to come out a winner
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Steve
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Posted: Sun Mar 18th, 2007 04:45 pm |
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Friend, welcome to the forum. It takes a lot of courage to post even on an anonymous forum like this one. I don't want to barrage you with advice on what to do, but I guess I'm going to anyway. 
In my experience, I've seen the following things help men get free.
1) Find a counselor, mentor or spiritual leader whom you trust that you can meet with on a regular basis. It really needs to be someone who understands the insidious nature of sex addiction and ideally, somehow who is working/has worked through this issue himself.
2) Find a group! Become part of a group of men that you can meet with regularly to be accountable for your behaviors. Moreso, the fellowship and commonality you'll experience in a good recovery group will generally make it much easier to stay free and help you look at the deeper "hurt and wound" issues that have driven you to your addiction in the first place.
You asked for encouragement, so here's mine:
I've seen so many men get free of this. It indeed feels like a "bottomless pit" when one is stuck in this addiction, and I know what it feels like personally, but once one crosses over into the other side of recovery, it gets much easier. Please be encouraged!
What do you think about my comments? I'd like to hear your thoughts.
-Steve
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"Isolation is bad for any man, but for the sexual addict it is fatal." -Russell Willingham
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