Steps

Hey all,

As I mentioned last week, I've started to work on gathering these scattered thoughts and metaphors and whatnots into some form of a manuscript.  My amateur philosophizing aside, my purpose in writing is to help other people who might be in my similar situation deal with addictions in general and pornography addiction specifically.  As such, I feel that it is important to condense this material into a series of specific, concrete steps, that anyone dealing with an addiction could use to step their way out of their personal funnel.

I recognize that other people and groups have covered this ground in the past.  AA and other types of counseling, both amateur and professional, come to mind.  I hope to accomplish two purposes with this work: first, by talking about it, I might be able to educate a spouse or parent of an addiction sufferer; second, by approaching it from a pragmatic and direct perspective, I hope to pierce through some of the false walls the devil has set up around this problem.

I approach this from the simple perspective that addiction is a problem, not a disease.  It is a disorder of the human mind that Satan uses to trap and ensnare us, in order to prevent our progression.  It is a learned behavior that can be unlearned.  A specific type of brain, personality, and spiritual upbringing is most susceptible to pornography.  Our culture needs the wealth of creativity, genius, and personal spiritual power that is currently trapped in the minds and hearts of those who are addicted.  Addiction leaves scars on a person's heart that are beyond the healing power of anything except the Atonement of Christ.  Fighting this battle is what I was born to do.