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What a great conference. Obviously pornography and sexual addiction remain a huge problem. It is imperative to help people understand what is going on mentally with pornography addiction. If you want to help a pornography addict or need help yourself, understanding the addiction is crucial. An addicts brain has learned to use pornography as a survival mechanism. Learn more at Understand the Affects of Pornography on the Brain

It is crucial to get this information out to everyone.

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Yes, and if you are afflicted with this issue, or any addiction, check out an LDS Addiction Recovery Program group near you! It's modeled after the AA 12 Step program, but is centered on the power of the atonement of Jesus Christ. It's safe, anonymous, and powerful! My husband and I are LDS Family Services missionaries for the program and it's one of the most spiritual experiences we have each week.

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Yes, it can be powerful but we have found that many people struggling with this issue need some additional help. The 12-step program works for a lot of people but there are a lot of people that need something else in addition to the 12-step program. InnerGold uses the Atonement as the main focus of the program for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

We are seeing many people who are struggling with this issue that the 12 step program is not working for them. We just had a webinar that every person on the call said they wished they had this program along with the 12 step program. We just want to let people know about it because it is helping them. A lot of it is free.

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Thanks for sharing that: I think he's right that sexual promiscuity destroys the true joy of sex, just as gluttony destroys the true pleasure of eating and drinking. (Plenty of people will jump in and say that sexual lust is a billion times worse because...blahdy blah blah... This may be correct for all I know, but it's not an approach I've ever found particularly helpful. As a teenager I tried to frighten myself out of masturbating with mental visions of hellfire, but with limited success. If anything, I've found putting the fear of an angry God into the equation only makes things worse.) For me today, probably the most damaging addiction is to junk food, as I'm now getting seriously obese. It's much like what the guy in the video says; anger and boredom seem to trigger the craving for food.

The greatest thing you have is the 24 hours in front of you. The past is gone; the future is distant. Today you CAN succeed.

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Jamie, that is exactly how you approach any addiction - 1 day at a time. Don't worry about tomorrow because tomorrow never comes it is only today! Focus on remaining sober from any addiction for just today and take it daily. This will gradually increase the strength of your pre-frontal cortex which will help put the limbic system back in its place. Then as the addiction comes remember to replace the addiction with " IT ".

For example, IT wants me to act out but I (referring to yourself) do not want to so I am going to ...

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This is part of Richard Scott's talk in General Conference :

To Acquire Spiritual Guidance

I share a warning. Satan is extremely good at blocking spiritual communication by inducing individuals, through temptation, to violate the laws upon which spiritual communication is founded. With some, he is able to convince them that they are not able to receive such guidance from the Lord.

Satan has become a master at using the addictive power of pornography to limit individual capacity to be led by the Spirit. The onslaught of pornography in all of its vicious, corroding, destructive forms has caused great grief, suffering, heartache, and destroyed marriages. It is one of the most damning influences on earth. Whether it be through the printed page, movies, television, obscene lyrics, vulgarities on the telephone, or flickering personal computer screen, pornography is overpoweringly addictive and severely damaging. This potent tool of Lucifer degrades the mind, and the heart, and the soul of any who use it. All who are caught in its seductive, tantalizing web and remain so will become addicted to its immoral, destructive influence. For many, that addiction cannot be overcome without help. The tragic pattern is so familiar. It begins with curiosity that is fueled by its stimulation and is justified by the false premise that when done privately, it does no harm to anyone else. For those lulled by this lie, the experimentation goes deeper, with more powerful stimulations, until the trap closes and a terribly immoral, addictive habit exercises its vicious control.

Participation in pornography in any of its lurid forms is a manifestation of unbridled selfishness. How can a man, particularly a priesthood bearer, not think of the emotional and spiritual damage caused to women, especially his wife, by such abhorrent activity?

Well did inspired Nephi declare, “And [the devil] will . . . pacify, and lull them away into carnal security, . . . and thus [he] cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to hell.”3

If you are ensnarled in pornography, make a total commitment to overcome it now. Find a quiet place; pray urgently for help and support. Be patient and obedient. Don’t give up.

Parents, be aware that the addiction of pornography can begin with youth at a very early age. Take preventative action to avoid that tragedy. Stake presidents and bishops, warn of this evil. Invite anyone you consider captured by it to come to you for help.

An individual with foundation standards and an enduring commitment to obey them is not easily led astray. Someone who is increasingly repulsed by grievous sin and who exercises self-restraint outside human influence has character. Repentance will be more efficacious for such an individual. A feeling of remorse after a mistake is a fertile soil wherein repentance can flower.

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