Sex / Pornography Addiction Support Group
Sexual addiction, also sometimes called sexual compulsion, is a form of psychological addiction to sexual intercourse and other sexual behavior.
Hey,
I joined this group a few months back hoping that it would help me get rid of my porn addiction. I've been feeling blue for a while and didn't feel like participating would do me any good. I'm tired of my current status and I need to make a change, so here I am.
I couldn't keep away from porn for more than a few days and that really makes me feel bad about myself. However, people are capable of change.
If any of you know of any techniques that could help me stay away from pornography because my will power is letting me down.
I'm really disgusted with myself and I can't really feel good about myself or anything I do any more.
Thanks.
~Hans
I joined this group a few months back hoping that it would help me get rid of my porn addiction. I've been feeling blue for a while and didn't feel like participating would do me any good. I'm tired of my current status and I need to make a change, so here I am.
I couldn't keep away from porn for more than a few days and that really makes me feel bad about myself. However, people are capable of change.
If any of you know of any techniques that could help me stay away from pornography because my will power is letting me down.
I'm really disgusted with myself and I can't really feel good about myself or anything I do any more.
Thanks.
~Hans
To begin with perhaps I would ask you exactly how committed are you to change. I ask because this particular addiction will take, at least, 2 years of your life to overcome.
Sadly, willpower is not enough, you need a structure program to guide you through the recovery process such as 12 step or Recovery Nation which is free and online.
The first thing you need to do however is to let of the belief that you need porn, it needs you to stay alive, you do not need it. In fact, most of the negative emotions you are feeling are caused by the addiction where you feel bad and indulge and feel bad again, I call it the hamster wheel of addiction.
You may want to go Your Brain On Porn to educate yourself farther on this issue. and then meander towards a thread called Check in for further information on how to go about overcoming this particular addiction.
Just so you know, I have been addiction free for 5 years, so if I can overcome it so can you but recovery will be all you do for the next two years and everything you do will revolve around that, hence why I ask about your commitment level. because there will be times you will feel like giving up, trust me, I know yet I did not. For me, it was either I dedicate the time I needed to recover or I resigned from living and start existing, that was not an option.
Hope this helps,
Wolf