25: Getting Honest About Your Addiction

Today we’re going to talk about something that I have been
historically very bad at - both during and after my addiction to
porn. It’s honesty and accountability. 


This is something I’ve been working a lot on in my own personal
recovery - getting more REAL and honest with myself, God, and
others about my pain, my feelings, my insecurities. It’s
what  I teach my clients to do in my porn addiction recovery
program. 


Not being “honest” from a place of self-pity, victimhood, or
superiority. But from a place of humility, openness, and
vulnerability. 


When we’re an addict, we can get in the habit of telling lies.
And most of those lies may not look that bad - they’re
justifications, rationalizations, half-truths, stretching the
truth. They’re defenses, or even “standing up for ourselves” when
we think we’ve been wronged. 


These lies are not just about our pornography addiction. They’re
about everything - mostly about those things that cause us to
feel:


Shame

Fear

Insecurity

Inadequacy



To overcome porn addiction, we’ve got to start being HONEST with
ourselves, God, and others about these feelings. We need to stop
hiding from them, and start leaning into them and moving through
them with our Savior Jesus Christ. 


“Honesty comes from seeing and accepting things as they really
are. Accepting that I need God’s help, that He can help me, and
that I am worthy of saving. When I start lying, being deceitful,
or diving into my addiction it is because I don’t want to accept
reality. The reality of my pain, my insecurity, and that God is
always available to guide me through.” - Anonymous 


You can break free of porn addiction, my friend. But first you
must learn to be honest and open in every part of your life.



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