How to be in TOTAL health

Hey, I wrote this post a while back and thought it would be valuable here... It was info I got from the Conquer series from Kingdom Works Studios - Awesome stuff!

Truth #1 To Quitting Porn- Many porn addicts also fall into food addictions (or other)

Social Contact
Exercise
Education
Diet
Sleep
*From the Pure Desire Conquer series Study Guide Volume 2 page 69
For the sake of this Blog and Video, I focused in on E.D.S as the 3 key's to a healthy healing process. This is done in the context of a healthy fitness, eating, and sleep routine being something you can fully control.



The LACKING Habits- How these work against you to keep you watching porn and masturbating

• Exercise - When you are, for lack of better words "lazy" your mind works differently. The feeling of guilt is very real when you know you "should be" working out but you don't. Low confidence and a shrinking self-image are very common when we start to compare others who "look better" than we do. The laziness we treat our body with transfers to laziness of the mind... No healthy dopamine, no healthy stress relief, and no healthy habit to take over for the porn and masturbation habit you do have...

• Diet - Yes, we could all imagine a comic of a Mom saying "You are what you eat" to her son who has turned into a candy bar with eyes... BUT, to look at this with a serious tone we need to understand that when we are hungry, tired, or feeling out of shape we are often very tempted... These 3, and several more feelings or emotions can be linked directly to how we fuel our bodies. If you are going to fill your body with garbage then you will have garbage results... and this goes MUCH further than the old gym saying. I'm talking about life and death! Your marriage, your children, your dignity which are all on the line when you play with fire.

• Sleep - Iv heard it and sadly iv believed it... "Entrepreneurs sleep less" or how about "You can sleep when you're dead". Sleep is an absolute integral part of any healing process, especially one of the mind! When we let our sleep dwindle to a mere 5 hours a night we are letting the enemy take ownership of our mind. We are going to be tempted with feelings of exhaustion that lead to compulsive behaviour and the desire to isolate which leads to binge watching porn and a further masturbation habit.

On TRACK Habits- How these work in your favor to help you quit porn and stop masturbating

• Exercise - You know how it goes... You get back to working out and it feels SO GOOD; Physically, mentally, and emotionally! This comes from a healthy dopamine hit that your body craves, as well as from healthy circulation of blood flow in your brain. When you feel better about yourself you will be more willing to take a stand for what is right. When our mind is centered on a goal bigger than just "getting healthy" such as "feeding my body what it needs to live a pure life" we can see a change of heart that leads to a deeper desire to exercise.

• Diet - Energy is necessary to quit porn... The greatest source of energy throughout the day is food. This is an internal and an external truth that I believe needs a mindset switch. Similar to the "Exercise" goal, we need to start thinking thoughts like "I will say yes to my purity, my spouse, and my God" when you want to take the edge off with a cookie. Food feeds the mind, simple as that... When you feed the mind healthy foods, you are getting vitamins and nutrients that will help fuel you all the way to quitting porn and your masturbation habit.

• Sleep - When we sleep 7-8 hours a night we are giving our bodies time to regenerate the energy it takes to truly grow and change while still having the energy to other necessary things. Being ahead of the 8 ball in the morning will give you a much stronger conviction to stay pure another day. This is not only about sleep but also a healthy sleep routine to go with it. Included in this could be a bedtime breathing technique, bible reading, and meditation time. In the morning we should have something pre-planned that we are excited to do! Maybe this is a new breakfast recipe, a reading time, or a workout.

Truth #2 To Quitting Porn - Deep Wounds are the key to your porn habit

A couple of examples:

The Dry Drunk - Someone who is sober 20 years BUT still calls themselves an "alcoholic". The reason for this is the moment alcohol touches their lips they would be right back to their destructive drinking habits. THE REASON for this is they have deeper problems than just drinking. The problem goes as deep as we have been wounded and sometimes that is much deeper than we may want to go...

Onion Layers - Like onions, we have many layers. We may think that our physical porn habit is the problem when truthfully, the issue may be that your Father never said "I love you" and was always working. Deep issues such as this lead to us feeling unloved, abandoned and even worthless. When this is the case, we need to get "beneath the layers" and work on whats really bothering us and causing us to act out


TAKE ACTION!

1. Set up a routine to start getting a good night's rest so you can battle your porn habit

2. Know why you are going to start eating better (To quit porn!) and make the smart choices while dining

3. See fitness as fun! Start small and work your way up to a healthy body and mind that is ready to fight for purity

4. Work on the wounds - Journal, pray, reflect, meditate and learn why you self-medicate with porn