32 | Recovery Step 5: What Have I Done? Admitting How My Porn Addiction Hurt Myself and Others

Have you gotten to the point in your life where you are ready to tell someone else every terrible thing that you’ve done in your life?

 

If this thought doesn't excite you or possibly even terrifies you, then you’re in good company. Baring our souls to another person is not something we come by naturally. However, the longer we keep secrets locked behind the door of our minds, the longer we will stay trapped in our addictions and true freedom will continue to elude us.

 

From the Green Book of Recovery:

As active sex addicts, we hid who we were and what we were doing from others, but also from ourselves. We take the 5th step when we come out of hiding, let go of self-deception, and acknowledge our reliance on a higher power. Our belief that we were isolated, estranged from the care of a loving God, had kept us in fear. Now, breaking free of secrecy, we admit our wrongs in the light of our relationship with the God of our understanding. If we trust, we will be given the power to acknowledge our shortcomings. Admitting our wrongs to God opens the door to change within ourselves. We have found that God will help us find the courage and honesty we need in order to work this step.

 

Today we will talk about how we take our moral inventory and walk it out in a very practical way.  

 

So, heat up your coffee or pour yourself a glass of wine and join us as we learn how to take the courageous step to tell someone else every hidden thing in our past in order to find freedom for our future.

 

We pray this blesses you,

 

Johnny and Emily

 

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RESOURCES:

Sex Addict Self-Assessment Questionnaire

Covenant Eyes Use promo Code BBV to get 30 days free! (website purchase only)

Green Book - Sex Addicts Anonymous: 3rd Edition Conference Approved

Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction by Patrick Carnes, Ph.d

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RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 29. Recovery Step 3: 3 Things To Know When Leaving Porn Behind

Episode 31. Recovery Step 4: Who Am I? A Fearless Search - The Origin of My Sex Addiction

 

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