Sunday, August 12, 2012

Fight Porn Addiction - Day 7

You cannot just quit porn addiction. You have to fight porn addiction. If a person tries to quit porn once and beats it, I would question if they were ever truly addicted in the first place.

Take for example the time I quit smoking cigarettes. 4 of us took a new year's resolution to quit smoking. I was the only one who succeeded. For me it was easy. I wasn't addicted to them. I was more of a light smoker compared to everyone else.

No matter what type of addiction a person has it can be extremely tough to escape from it. It's a constant fight. Even after years of being free, one must continuously be on guard against it least they fall back into the addiction.

On day 5, I wrote about how one picture on the Internet can plunge someone back into the depth of pornography. Knowing this, I still had to fight it on the very same day. I was looking around different addiction blogs to study up on my topic of being free from porn addiction. I came across a blog called, "Confessions of a Porn Addict." I didn't realize until I looked at it that it was about a movie review. There was a picture on the page of a porn shot with the microphone guy included. There was nothing nude in the picture but the suggestion was there. I had to fight to not let my mind start to wonder. If I had not been on guard, this blog would have been over on day 5.

So, if you are going to fight porn addiction like I am, realize it is going to be a fight.

Another thing I would like to caution about is: just like a real fight, over confidence can be a week point and cause you to lose. Be careful. Don't take any chances. Realize the enemy is not going to play fair. Realize the odds are against you but you can beat the odds.

How has your fight been? Are you just getting started? Is it easy or is it hard? What has been the biggest temptations? What causes you to fail or win?

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