The Bar Cycle And Compulsive Behavior Options

[Glen]

Why do we do what we do? Human motivation has been the subject of countless studies and many more to come. Based on the recovery rate, with the billions of hours devoted to addiction, abuse, eating disorders, phobias and other compulsive behavior, human motivation is clearly not an exact science. This article may not be for you if you're looking for graduate level book learnin'. But, if you're looking for the lessons learned over decades by a man battling his own destructive compulsions, read on.

My story includes chronic phobia, anger, self-loathing, addictions to alcohol, sex, drugs, food and cigarettes. These compulsions had predictable impacts on my careers and relationships, leaving me with only the family members who tolerated me and my partners in the "low life." In my 30's, with the help of God and Marsha (now my wife of 20 years), I began a long...
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[tiggeronmv]

This is my first posting on your forum. I have spent the last two hours reading others, so I have now registered. I am a sexual addict whose life has been destroyed by pornography. I am also a believer and my sin has been covered by the blood of my Lord Jesus Christ. I gave my problem over to Him and He has sent his Holy Spirit to comfort and yes, convict me. I am a work in progress.

I have been free of using pornography for 172 days today and have remained celibate, including not having sex with myself for 145 days. Praise the Lord. Unlike being addicted to other things like drugs and alcohol, just not putting them in your body doesn't work since the images from pornography can last in your mind for years to come.

At the end of your article on the Bar Cycle, you asked what others are doing to promote a positive reduction of influence of their addiction. The Bible says to "flee from evil". I do that by mentally and sometimes actually verbally if no one else is around, shouting "I rebuke these thoughts and images in the name of Jesus." I then go immediately into prayer and by the time I finish talking with God the Father, I actually get to call him Daddy, the temptation has fully passed.

For all who know the Lord, I strongly recommend this approach.

In His Service, Tiggeronmv