35: Winter Blues: Staying Sober During the Holidays

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Do you feel like the holidays should be a happy time, but for you it’s a really triggering time for your addiction?

Do you feel like the winter drives you to engage with your pornography addiction or another addiction more, and that cravings are worse during the winter?

We’re going to talk about these things today, and some strategies you can use to stay clean and sober during the holidays, to overcome porn addiction long-term.

First, why can the holidays and winter time be so hard for some of us when it comes to addiction?

• Holidays can be a reminder of a lot of stressful, painful times with family
• Seasonal Affective Disorder
• Eat a lot of holiday treats and junk food
• Less light outside, it’s cold

All of this can drive us to addiction. Remember that addiction is just a symptom of other underlying factors. If we want to quit porn, we need to understand these categories and seek to transform our mindset and lifestyle in order to lose our desire for addiction. Four categories:

1. Mental
2. Spiritual
3. Physical
4. Relational

If we get our lives into balance (get healthy) in these 4 areas, then we will be less prone to the desire for addiction. Addiction comes as a result of one or all of these being out of balance.

So, during the holidays, let’s talk about some things you can do mentally, spiritually, physically, and in your relationships to live with a sober mindset and lifestyle.

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