Ep. 26 Can I Actually Learn Humility? | Porn Recovery Mindset

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Have you ever been told that addiction recovery requires humility?

Do you wonder how in the world being humble could possibly help you quit porn?

Perhaps hearing that gets your defenses up. Perhaps it fills you with anger. Or maybe you just don’t understand what it means to “be humble”. You try to humble yourself in order to overcome porn addiction, but you wonder what that really means??

Humility can be an ethereal and seemingly unattainable virtue. Afterall, if I think that I’m humble, I’m probably not…so, how do I become humble?...

Well…I’m still working on that myself, so I really couldn’t tell ya. That said, I do think that we can talk about some perspective shifts and actions steps we can take each day that can help us learn humility, which will empower our porn addiction recovery.

Why? Practicing having an attitude of humility in everything that we do will invite more of God’s light in. Without humility, God cannot get through to us. Our heart must be OPEN. This attitude enables us to learn, grow, and be open to help. If we aren’t humble, we simply won’t learn, and therefore we won’t be able to stop porn addiction. So, we aim to practice it in ALL that we do.

Perspective Shifts that can help us learn humility and break free from porn addiction:

• I never know it all
• I know little when compared to the big picture
• My capacity to do good is only because of God
• I rely on God for my sobriety
• If Christ relied on God in all things, why wouldn’t I?
• I accept weakness and insecurity and lean into it
• I often don’t know what I actually need. But God does.
• If I am fighting for sobriety, I am not in a recovery mindset

Action Steps that can build a humble attitude so we can get rid of porn addiction:

• Pray and read
• Ask others for help
• Ask others for their advice, input, perspective, etc.
• Become part of a recovery group

If we want to quit porn, it requires us to humble ourselves before God and Jesus Christ. This doesn’t mean that God is up there demanding our submission or wanting us to feel ashamed of ourselves. Rather, God knows that the only way for us to overcome unwanted behaviors is to live according to the ways of truth and peace.

He wants us to be humble so we can learn, progress, and overcome our addictions. He wants us to experience freedom, peace, and joy and that is why He asks us to be humble and give our life and will over to Him. When we do this, we lay down our defenses and resistance that prevent us from recovering from pornography addiction.

“I’m either at war with God, or I’m at war with myself. If I weren’t, then I would feel peace.” - Anonymous

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