THE ADDICTION CYCLE:

Ethan(not his real name) is a young vibrant Christian who loves the Lord. Everyone at his church loves him and see him as a model young man to be emulated. However he has a dark little secret- he now thinks he is addicted to porn and masturbation. It all happens when he gets stressed, lonely, tired or when bored- those are the negative emotions that make him want to numb himself by getting anything to immediately bring him relief. [This is a habit that began as a joke when a friend shared a porn video to him via whatsapp. Before he knew it he was hooked and started to look for videos which he alsways promised himself he would only take a two second glance at and delete. His excuse? He wanted to have an idea of what he would do when he eventually gets married and besides if he had to preach against sin he needed to know how bad the sunning was- that us how it began.]

 Pornography or masturbation are what is easily accessible and can easily give him a huge dose of orgasmic pleasure from his negative emotions. The problem is as soon as he is done warching, he ALWAYS has this immense sense of guilt and crippling shame. He feels disgusted with himself. This is because the frequency of his P.M.O (watching Porn then Masturbate until Orgasm) has escalated. He notices also that he is now seeking more violent forms of pornography even the kind of porn which is shocking and bizzare.

 Everytime he makes recommitments and resolutions not to watch porn or masturbate again and this works temporalily until he feels lonely, bored, frustrated or tired when he plunges to porn and mastuebation for relief. He is a powerful preacher, bible teacher and musician at church, however he feels stuck in this cycle of praying, giving promises, watching porn and confessing through prayer again.

Rom 7:15,19: "I really don't understand what I'm doing. I do the things I don't want to do, and what I hate doing, that's what I do! … The good I want to do, I don't do; while the evil I don't want to do, that's what I end up doing!"  FBV

You can't break the addiction cycle ALONE- you need help, otherwise you will continue falling again and again.

Addictions melt in the presence of a community that accepts and supports your recovery. Recovery is both a process and a journey.

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