34: 4 Simple Practices to Overcome Porn Addiction Cravings

When porn cravings hit, what do you do? Do you fight the porn
addiction? Resist it? Try to just not think about it and distract
yourself? 


I’m here to tell you that none of these options work. At least
not long-term. Willpower is finite. It runs out. To overcome porn
addiction requires a completely different approach. 


So what can you do instead? Today I’m going to give you 4 Simple
Practices you can use when you face pornography addiction
cravings. 


So, imagine you’re experiencing an addiction craving or a
trigger. What do you do? You need to build a habit of being aware
of your mindset and what your brain is focused on. It’s easy to
let your mind wander and fantasize before you even realize what’s
happened. To get sober, you need to go from unconscious to
conscious. 


When we crave porn, drugs, alcohol - whatever it is - our limbic
system, or the rewards-centered part of our brain is leading the
show. We want to get our prefrontal cortex - the logical, moral
director of our brain back online. In other words, we want to go
from the “natural man” or “ego” running the show, to the soul or
the light of Christ running the show.


To do this requires us to build new habits. It doesn’t come
without effort on our part. But it isn’t about trying hard, it’s
about trying right. It’s about centering our efforts on things
that actually work. 


Remember, porn addiction stems from resistance - our resistance
to challenging emotions and to the truth within our souls that we
want to live according to. We can’t quit porn by using the same
mentality of resistance that got us there in the first place.


Instead, we build a mentality of acceptance - an acceptance that
we’re addicted to porn? No. An acceptance of challenging
emotions, pain, insecurities…and an acceptance of the truth
within our souls that comes from God and acceptance of His love
and help in all things - EVEN when we believe we don’t deserve
it. We accept His grace to help us change. We surrender our
weaknesses to Him. 


We’re going to lay out 4 Simple Practices to help you get rid of
porn addiction; practices that are aligned with this mentality of
acceptance and surrender. 



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