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Look Within for Strength ️

Discussion in 'Porn Addiction' started by Deleted Account, Apr 22, 2019.

  1. I think we all agree that we are looking for some type of external strength to help us win this struggle.
    And yes it is true, you cannot win this battle without getting external help.

    Anyway I believe that we are over relying on external help or support to win the struggle. I remember when I signed up here in 2018 I thought I have finally found my external source of strength, Nofap had emergency buttons and all.

    But it didn't take long before I realised nothing has changed and I'm actually worse off. You see what I want to say is that, let all external support be a motivation. The real strength we need to win is from within.
    1. A strength for will power and self control.
    2. Mental strength to think clearly and understand the consequences of the addiction.
    3. Emotional balance/strength to resolve our emotional issues.

    All external support plays the role of motivation
    There is a lot more that can come from within us.
    So stop thinking Nofap website will save you,
    Stop thinking God will save you.
    Stop thinking any external force will correct you.
    I have prayed to God for all these 17 years of addiction and I haven't been able to shake it off.
    God can only give you the motivation and reasons not to do it. He can't block you from abusing yourself. You need to make the decision. We really need to make the decision to walk away and never look back. For all the people who defeated this powerful addiction it was all won in the mind and they enslaved their body to their new will.

    I'm struggling like everyone here and probably the worse. It just came to me that someone will be saved with this message.

    LOOK WITHIN FOR STRENGTH.
     
    Zenithr likes this.
  2. Thank you for your thoughts. Now the question is how to find that strength in ourselves.
     
  3. You have to summon it. You have to find a way.
     
  4. You have to make a list of all the benefits and positive outcomes Stopping PMO will bring especially the sexual health benefits and other health benefits.
    Make a list of the disaster you are heading towards e.g erectile dysfunction or impotency or dead dick, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, etc.

    Now you should be able to to get some strength here. Your strength can even be the reason why you want to end PMO. For the married men it could be for the woman you have to love more, or the child you have to be better man for.
     
  5. Well, I've been praying and believing in God, and here I am. Free.

    But it's not against your statement at all. It's just like you said: God helps, but He doesn't snap His fingers and voila, right? Of course, He could, but would it be good for us? Because of that damned addiction I've become a compassionate and strong-willed man, but I had to crawl through all the swamp to become that kind of man. Would I be like that if I hadn't seen how low a man can fall? Who knows?

    So, a mix of external and internal strength is a must.
     
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