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The DOs and DON’Ts of Battling Porn Addiction

In overcoming my own 15+ year battle with porn and addiction, and in helping dozens of other men finally quit porn, I’ve learned quite a bit about what works and what doesn’t work when you’re trying to quit porn. Here’s some DO’s and DON’Ts for quitting porn. DO: Establish Routine Routine is crucial to quittingContinue reading “The DOs and DON’Ts of Battling Porn Addiction”

Stop Touching Yourself!

Alright guys. It’s time for a tough talk. The real problem with Porn Addiction isn’t Porn. It’s Masturbation. STOP TOUCHING YOURSELF! When you’re addicted to Porn/Masturbation/Orgasm (PMO), what you’re really addicted to is dopamine. There is nothing inherently addictive about porn itself. It’s not a drug. it’s not a chemical. It has no addictive qualitiesContinue reading “Stop Touching Yourself!”

Stop Believing These 10 Lies About Porn

Lies and deception are everywhere in today’s world. We believe many lies about health, politics, religion, love, and more. Lies are spread to advance an agenda. Lies are told to keep the truth from being known. Lies are spread to justify bad behavior. I can think of few places where more lies are spread thanContinue reading “Stop Believing These 10 Lies About Porn”

What Are You REALLY Addicted To?

We use the term “Addiction” a lot these days. In fact, we probably over-use the term. In many ways, we’ve degraded the seriousness of addiction by using it to describe things that aren’t really an addiction. “I’m addicted to chocolate.” I’m addicted to this TV show.” There’s even the classic, yet cringy, song “Addicted ToContinue reading “What Are You REALLY Addicted To?”

Is Masturbation Ok?

Hardly a day goes by when I do not receive a message or an email from someone asking something like this, “I have gone X days without watching porn, but I still masturbate regularly. Is that ok?” Is masturbation without porn ok? Unfortunately, there isn’t really a simple yes or no answer to that question. Continue reading “Is Masturbation Ok?”

Small Victories in a Larger War

The anti-porn movement won two major victories in the last few days. First, last Thursday, Mastercard and Visa announced they will stop allowing their cards to be used on Pornhub due to the website hosting videos of child abuse and rape. Discover quickly followed suit. http://www.nytimes.com/visa-mastercard-block-pornhub This could potentially cause some financial problems for PornhubContinue reading “Small Victories in a Larger War”

Don’t Be A Frog In Water

There’s a lab experiment often told, where a frog is placed in water heating at the rate of .0036 of a degree Fahrenheit per second and, although it never moves, at the end of two and a half hours, the frog is found to be dead. The explanation is that the water is heated soContinue reading “Don’t Be A Frog In Water”

NOW AVAILABLE! Living Porn Free: 10 Steps to Recovery, Redemption, and Renewal

It has never been easy for me to open up about my battle with pornography addiction. I hid it for years and was ashamed to let anyone know what was going on in my secret life. However, God had different plans for me. I was hesitant, but every time I obeyed and shared my story,Continue reading “NOW AVAILABLE! Living Porn Free: 10 Steps to Recovery, Redemption, and Renewal”

Why Is Porn Dangerous?

My mission is to help men fight and defeat porn and sex addiction. As you might imagine, this opens me up to a lot of comments from people, especially on Twitter. One of the most common responses I get is, “What’s wrong with porn? It doesn’t hurt anyone.” Does it? If you have struggled atContinue reading “Why Is Porn Dangerous?”

What Do I Do If I Relapse?

So you “messed up”??? Feeling pretty terrible, I bet. Feel like you threw away all those days of success? Feel like you’re starting all over again? It’s normal to feel lousy after a relapse, but a relapse doesn’t have to turn into a disaster. Relapses are inevitable. They’re going to happen. No one has EVERContinue reading “What Do I Do If I Relapse?”