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The first step to overcoming a pornography problem is realizing you have a problem.
I always thought I just needed to pray more or work harder. It would work a while but the porn always came back. I didn't get better until I admitted I couldn't quit. Now I wish I had started the recovery process so much sooner.
Take this test to honestly evaluate your own behavior.
The questions below are from Steve Holladay (my partner at Ultimate Escape), Dr. Patrick Carnes (the leading expert in the field of sex addiction), my own experience, or have heard from other strugglers. To take a full test, see the references below.
If you answer yes to even one question please consider one or more of the following:
- seek out more information about pornography addiction
- attend a Celebrate Recovery group
- be assessed by a professional counselor
Most people see this problem get worse despite their own efforts to stop. This can be fixed with treatment.
- Would people in your life be upset about your sexual activities online?
- Have you used pornography even when there was considerable risk of being caught by family members and/or employers who would be upset by your behavior?
- Is masturbation a frequent activity?
- Do you feel shame or depression after sexual behavior?
- Have you gotten rid of a pornography collection and then started collecting it again?
- Do you with some regularity buy, rent, or make your own X-rated videos?
- Do you look on TV to find sexually stimulating scenes?
- Are you lying to cover up pornography use?
- Do you feel like you are not in "control" of your porn use?
- Do you feel driven to look at it?
- Have you told yourself over and over "this is the last time", and then still do it again?
- Do you look at women differently? Do you focus on the sexual areas of their bodies? You know it's wrong but can't seem to help it.
- Is the porn you look at now more hard core than the porn you looked at before?
- Are you seeking out new variations and types of porn?
(Carnes, P. J. (2007). Sexual addiction screening test. Retrieved from XXXchurch: http://www.xxxchurch.com/sexualaddictiontest.html) (Holladay, S. (2010, April). A-SAST: Sexual Addiction Screening Test for Adolescents. Unpublished. steve@ultimateescape.org) (The Turning Point Counseling Services. (2012). Sex addiction self-test. Retrieved from http://www.turningpoint4me.com/#!sexual-addiction-self-test/cre3)
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Program on Pornography
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 Eric's program on pornography, Images or Glory, teaches in an easy to understand way how easy it is to get addicted to porn. Eric shares his own story as an illustration of how this science looks in real life. Throughout the program Eric shows how God teaches us these very same consequences in the Bible.
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