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We recently received this email and wanted to share it with about the dangers of pornography. This individual has had their life, virtually, destroyed but he is coming back and has asked us to make sure we raise the voice of warning about pornography addiction after receiving our weekly boost, “What Legacy Are You Leaving Behind?”
” I have been a subscriber to your email weekly boost for sometime. …
Unfortunately, my sexual addiction to internet pornography escalated dramatically. My dark journey down this road eventually led me to illegal pornography. My home was raided by federal agents last Aug. and my computers were seized. I recently returned from 6 wks of inpatient treatment at …. This was followed by 6 more weeks at the Professional Enhancement Program also associated with …. It was the toughest thing I have had to do in my 59 years.
Thank God I went there. I now have a clear understanding of how my addiction arose. More importantly, I have learned the tools to keep it at bay and am now almost 3 mos. sober from sexual acting out and alcohol.
The consequences of my acting out are on the horizon and will most likely include incarceration for possession of child pornography. I had never seen or thought about child pornography until I came across it on a web site last March. My days as a practicing physician are over for now. My family is supportive but fearful. I get by through daily 12 Step Meetings and turning things over to God. Sexual Addiction is truly cunning, baffling and powerful. I am sending this to you so that perhaps someone else may recognize how easily lives can be turned upside down by this so called “victimless” activity on line. Please keep me and my family in your prayers.”
We wish this individual the best and are very sad that he was not able to manage his addiction before these unfortunate events.
Pornography has destroyed many lives but even if you have gone down a path you wished you would not have taken. There is help, get it!
Live and leave a legacy you would be proud of if someone was to shout it from the mountain tops and Trust in Your Capacity to Change.
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The power to direct thoughts is the only moral act
The only willful choice one has is the quality of attention one gives to a thought at any moment. . .the strain of attention is the fundamental act of will. The effort of attention is thus the essential phenomenon of will. The function of effort is to keep affirming and adopting a thought that, if left to itself, would slip away. To sustain a representation, to think, is in short, the only moral act.
To focus attention on one idea, on one possible course of action among the many bubbling up in our consciousness, is precisely what we mean by an act of will. The essential achievement of will is to attend to one object and hold it clear and strong before the mind, letting all others – its rivals for attention and subsequent action - fade away. The effort to focus attention is an active, primary, and causal force, and not solely the result of properties of a stimulus that acts on a passive brain.
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:: transfered from our previous blog – posted by becoming sober ::
The number of people seeking counseling for pornography and sexual addictions is increasing. What about young people? In a forum I participate in, there are various men between 15-19 years old that talk about their addictions but cannot enroll in programs. Some due to money, access to a credit card, or they simply still rely and live on their parents and keep addiciton a secret with them.
This is where the problem generally grows and becomes an all out addiction….when young. Almost every man and woman I have known with sexual addictions of any kind can trace the beginnings back to childhood or youth. Most also relate their addictions to some element of the Internet now days. As parents, we must communicate with our young people. Most youth have seen hard core porn images by the time they are 12 years old. As youth, I recommend simply talking to parents or even a church leader if you are viewing porn or have other sexual addictions.
Waiting to get help is like saying, “Hey, I will wait until I totally destroy my life, then I will get help.” Sadly, that is what most addicts do. They justify their own control and lie to themselves until they are forced to get help or have hit such a low place that there is nowhere else to go. I was happy to see a story on Fox News online talking about how the FCC is proposing a free wireless internet hub nationwide but the catch is that it will be “No Porn.” http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,460247,00.html
My internet porn addiction started off of simple curiousity at first but spread like wildfire. Most start that same way. I hope we can all be aware of the dangers for sexual addictions…young and old. As parents we should communicate with and help our kids understand the dangers. If they are already addicted as a young person…get them involved in a program now while you still have influence over them in the home.
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