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Combating Pornography – New LDS Resource

Joseph — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:37:31 +0000

Combating Pornography is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saint’s new site to help those struggling to live life’s of purity. Pulling from the 12 step program of alcoholic’s anonymous The Church has an adapted manual for Latter Day Saints. It focuses on devotion to Jesus Christ rather than “the God of my understanding.” I’ve been using the manual daily for almost a month and have been strongly impressed with its message. I’ve been more open with others since I’ve been using it to address issues in my life, to get more honest with myself and to face my Goliaths rather than run from them.

The site is divided into sections for the several type of people who may come across it, including help for parents wanting to know how to help their children steer clear from pornography’s grasp and how to help those kids who have fallen prey to its tempting allure. It has specific resources for bishops and other leaders, youth specific help and of course help for spouses of those who suffer.

I would highly suggest this resource to anyone that has found that they struggle with temptation to use pornography to cope with the stress in life. I especially suggest the Addiction Recovery Program they have. While not specific to pornography addiction the strong sense I get from it is that it’s nothing more than a powerful step by step way to apply the atonement of Jesus Christ into one’s daily life. I felt a week ago as I listened to the audios of it that it would be an amazing addition to anyone’s study of the gospel. The greatest thing I’ve gained from it thus far (I just started Step 4: Truth) is the strength to look more honestly at my life…to see things how they really are. And after all, isn’t it the Truth that makes us free? Powerful!

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Compulsive Sex

Joseph — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:30:14 +0000

Have you or someone you know become “addicted” to sex? Do you find your compulsion so overpowering that it seems insatiable at times? Well you’re not alone. There are many others who struggle just like you. But be aware that many now enjoy happy lives free from this frustration and there’s hope for you too!

Many reasons could lead to the compulsion to engage in sex or sexual behavior. Abuse ranks among the top reasons. If this is the case in your situation, know that it’s not your fault and that you can obtain a happy and emotionally burden free life. Discuss the proper course of action with a clergyman and/or a professional counselor. They can help you release any unnecessary guilt or shame you may be feeling about your abuse.

Now, if your behavior has moved into you acting out with others, while part of that would have come from your past experiences, you’re going to find it helpful to resolve those issues and feelings so that you don’t continue the cycle of hurt and pain that leads to risky sexual behavior. You can obtain this freedom. Compulsive sexual behavior can be understood and curbed. Again, turning to others for help will most likely be a tough, but necessary step.

Most likely along the way you’ve learned some falsehoods about yourself, about proper and meaningful relationship and about the role of sex in a loving and committed relationship like marriage, so deciding to dedicate yourself to education will be an essential step in gaining mastery over your compulsive urges to have sex. Even within a marriage where sex can have proper context and meaning, compulsivity can lead to damaging the other necessary components of the relationship, like mutual respect, consideration and positive communication.

If you’d like to learn how addictions to sex work in the brain and how to think correctly about sexuality, sign up at the right for a free mini-course. Note: This course addresses pornography & masturbation as well as “sex & love addicts“. If you experience sexual compulsivity it is highly recommended that you seek individual professional help in addiction to signing up for this course.

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How to Break Porn Addiction

Joseph — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:29:07 +0000

Have you ever heard the phrase “kicking against the pricks?” Picture sawing against the grain or paddling upstream. These phrases all refer to doing something against the natural and intended way. This typically leads to frustration in emotion and in progress. We must learn how to break a porn addiction or we will be broken against it.

While there are methods that help many break free from the chains of addiction to pornography there are also reasons deep down that are very individual to he who is chained. In the course of most therapies designed for addictions you’ll find some way to get at these often “hidden” reasons. Many addictions have a long history that has often been forgotten. Abuse, abandonment, neglect and other root causes could have been tossed into the back of the memory rarely accessed by the one addicted.

However, it is essential that whatever program you use that it has opportunities and even guided helps on accessing those unwanted memories that may have been swept under the rugs of the mind. Reframing these hurts will help you learn how to deal with new pains that you will inevitably encounter.

Breaking a porn addiction also involves gaining a greater understanding of the process of addiction. How the mind works in becoming increasingly more visible and a knowledge of this can help facilitate much needed kindness towards yourself. Understanding the mind’s role in your addiction will also give you powerful awareness of how to use your brain in your favor instead of letting pornography use it against you.

Another key element in breaking a porn addiction is learning to listen. I’m not talking about learning to listen to pour parents, spouse or clergyman, though also have their place and could be a natural outgrowth of what I’m talking about here. No, I’m talking about learning to listen to yourself.

A quiet place, a piece of paper and a list of honest questions to ask yourself can do wonders. Ponder the answers to the questions like, Why do I look at pornography? What do I really want? What does God know that could help? As you think on these and other questions that come to mind you may just have a slue of personal insight that no program can provide…unless of course it has you do this activity as well .

If you’re looking for more answers on how to break a porn addiction please put your name and email in the form to the right for powerful information and free podcasts that have been used to help may overcome porn addiction.

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What’s Up With Sexual Addiction?

Joseph — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:44:36 +0000

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Dr. Patrick Carnes defines Sexual Addiction on his website SexHelp.com as:

Sexual addiction is defined as any sexually-related, compulsive behavior which interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones, and one’s work environment.Sexual addiction has been called sexual dependency and sexual compulsivity. By any name, it is a compulsive behavior that completely dominates the addict’s life. Sexual addicts make sex a priority more important than family, friends, and work. Sex becomes the organizing principle of addict’s lives. They are willing to sacrifice what they cherish most in order to preserve and continue their unhealthy behavior.

Dr. Vistor Cline talks about the progression of sexual addictions:

Early exposure
Addiction
Escalation
Desensitization
Acting out sexually

Addictions are real. The powerful chemicals released in your brain during sexual behavior can “hijack” your brain like illicit drugs. Dr. Carnes on his website explains this concept that’s at the heart of why an addiction is an addiction and not just a bad habit.

Key to understanding loss of control in addicts is the concept of the “hijacked brain.” Addicts essentially have rewired their brains so that they do behaviors (drinking, drug use, eating, gambling, and sex) even when they are intending to do something quite different. The triggers to these maladaptive responses are usually stress, emotional pain, or specific childhood scenarios of sexual abuse or sexual trauma. Breakthrough science in examining brain function is helping us to understand the biology of this disease.

To learn more about what happens in the brain with porn & sexual addiction, check this out:

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Can Pornography Really Lead To Addiction?

Joseph — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:12:58 +0000

Over the years I’ve heard people talk about pornography like it’s okay and as long as you don’t spend too much time with it there’s no problem. I have even heard of psychologists who use it in therapy suggesting that it’s a valuable tool to help couples find true intimacy. These areguments boil down to the idea that there’s nothing wrong with pornography. One time won’t hurt. Or, I won’t become addicted.

Well, it’s interesting to learn that pornography works in the same ways that other addictive substances do, by releasing powerdul chemicals in the brain, attaching one to the source of that release. If that’s pornography, the attachment is to lifeless images. If it’s a spouse, those chemicals work really well to bind the two together.

If you are in a relationship and hope to develop lasting strength and continual growth and you are also invovled with pornography, you risk undercutting your relationship goals. Bonding to pornography is very real and powerful.

If you’re interested in finding out more about what happens in the brain during sexual process & pornography check out this whitepaper:

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