5 Steps to Breaking Free from Porn _Joe Dallas (2)

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since you’ve been given a mind that you’re expected to use. But if you’ve got aproblem, you need answers. And if you already had them all, you wouldn’t bereading this book, would you? So please listen. Listen to me, listen to thepeople in your life who value you, listen to your spiritual mentors, and, aboveall, listen to God when He speaks to you through His Word, through your lifecircumstances, and through His still small voice. The man who succeeds is theman who stays teachable enough to learn, strive, and prevail.Third, you have to endure discomfort. Beware of any book or formula thattells you there’s a comfortable way to stop a deeply ingrained habit. Theresimply isn’t. Your system gets accustomed to certain stimulations, good or bad,and learns to expect them. So when you remove them, it’s uncomfortable. Notdestructive, certainly, just uncomfortable, and there’s no getting around that. Sobe willing to sacrifice a degree of comfort for your goal of healthy purity, andyou’ll be well on your way toward attaining it.You’ll notice these pages are directed toward men, though porn isn’tstrictly a male issue. It affects women too, so a female reader may glean somehelpful material in these pages. But I felt it necessary to write specifically tomen because I believe there are inherent differences between male and femalesexuality, and that male and female sexual problems should be addressedaccording to their uniqueness. So if you’re a female reader looking for someguidance in this area, please read on and what’s written will hopefully benefityou. But for a book on the subject addressed specifically to women, please seeA Christian Woman’s Guide to Breaking Free from Pornography: It’s NotJust a Guy’s Problem by Shelley Hitz and S’ambrosia Curtis (Body and SoulPublishing, 2012).Finally, let me say that helping you by going through this material isn’t justan academic exercise to me. It’s deeply personal. For the past 25 years, as apastoral counselor, I’ve had the honor of coaching Christian men who’vegotten caught up in porn use. And I’m no stranger to the problem myself, havingbeen exposed to hardcore porn as a child and then developing an addiction toit as a young man. Out of my own process (28 years porn free) and the freedomI’ve witnessed in the men I’ve worked with, I’ve learned what works and whatdoesn’t. For longer than I can remember, I’ve wanted to synthesize theprinciples that do work into a user-friendly guide that any man could use andkeep on hand for helping others.By God’s grace, may this book be just such a guide for you. So let’s get
started.
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Page 5 and 6: A WORD FROM JOEThis book is written
Page 7 and 8: INTRODUCTIONHe said to me, “Son o
Page 9 and 10: brain reminds him of the positive i
Page 11: essential. You are the manager of a
Page 15 and 16: masturbation, the combination of me
Page 17 and 18: boredom, stress, or discomfort, the
Page 19 and 20: not only monitors your online use,
Page 21 and 22: STEP 2: ACCOUNTABILITYNo Man Overco
Page 23 and 24: inevitable.I cannot say this plainl
Page 25 and 26: life and you’ll see He set aside
Page 27 and 28: PrayerLord, however deeply I love Y
Page 29 and 30: when young men look at photos of be
Page 31 and 32: After all, he feels entitled to sat
Page 33 and 34: and mercy as I realize none of thes
Page 35 and 36: I’m sure David was well aware tha
Page 37 and 38: affected by what you do. Paul said
Page 39 and 40: By Your grace, I’m ready to face
Page 41 and 42: you need to avoid. You’ve also st
Page 43 and 44: have set you as a light to the Gent
Page 45 and 46: APPENDIX AWhat About Masturbation?R
Page 47 and 48: APPENDIX BKnowing GodPornography is
Page 49 and 50: NOTESStep 2: Accountability1. Dr. W
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