(Newswire.net — November 17, 2017) — Overcoming pornography addiction is one of the hardest trials anyone caught in it can go through.
At first it feels good, keeping those magazines right under your pillow for easy reach, bookmarking lots of pornographic websites and having your browser history decorated with various pornographic sites. It’ll seem like you’re having the time of your life.
However, slowly you notice you can’t get away from it. You want to stop but can’t find the will to and your partner no longer satisfies you. You’ve lost control over your behaviour and have been reduced to performing this secret shameful compulsive act.
What then are the steps you can take to recover from porn addiction?
1. Acknowledge the addiction
Lots of porn addicts are living in denial. They refuse to admit that there is a problem somewhere that needs to be attended to immediately. They thereby give pornography more control over them.
To recover from porn addiction, the first step is to admit that there is a problem that needs to be addressed.
2. Give up some things
Pornography addiction creates a certain pattern in the addict’s brain that makes it very hard to rewrite.
However, you’re the greatest weapon to achieving recovery from this addiction. Take necessary steps like giving up things, people or places that foster your addiction. Protect and build fortifications around yourself.
Cut off your behaviour of spending too much time on the internet, visiting seemingly harmless websites, watching certain television shows or movies, etc.
3. Join a group
It’s only a secret act because you can’t tell anyone about it. This alone leads to loneliness and isolation. It’s best to find a therapist and join a group that will speed up your porn addiction recovery process.
It’s not compulsory that every addict joins a group, it’s just highly recommendable to share your feelings with like-minds so as to hear their side of the story and how they have been able to pull through with their recovery process.
It’s advisable you speak to people about it because if you could do it all on your own, you’d be clean by now.
4. Create a daily recovery routine
Porn addiction recovery is not an easy process. You have to be determined, waking up daily and reassuring yourself that you’re taking steps towards your recovery and you’re doing great.
Set aside a daily routine in order to achieve your full recovery. This routine should involve exercises and eating a balanced diet. You can also include spiritual activities such as meditation, prayers, service to others, etc. Read books with positive messages, listen to good music and write in a personal journal about the journey so far.
This daily routine will keep you in check whenever you feel triggered to return to the act.
5. Determination
It’s going to be a tough process. You won’t get through it at once. You will be tired and frustrated. You will want to pick up that magazine from the trash can and stare into it, and finally, you might lose faith in your abilities to desist from the act.
Regardless of how many relapses you have, remember that you cannot give up. Study each relapse and put in effort into making that aspect your strength.
No one said it’ll be easy, but you have to be determined to get through porn addiction and regain your freedom.