Recovery

 

When you’re addicted to pornography and masturbation, it can feel like there’s no way out. Porn exploits our weaknesses and changes the way we view ourselves and those around us.

But freedom is possible. If you want to end the cycle, you’re in the right place. Get the tools and support you need. Fill out our contact form and we’ll be in touch with opportunities to learn more and connect with others fighting to get free!

 

Recovery Resources

helpful tools for the fight

30-Day Challenge via The Freedom Fight

  • email-based system, 10 minutes of content regularly (link)

    • curriculum (including videos) (pdf link)

  • leader’s guide for 30-day challenge (pdf)

50 Questions for Accountability Meetings

  • free eBook (pdf)

Helpful Articles

6-Month Program via The Freedom Fight

  • participant guide for 6-month program (pdf)

  • leader’s guide for 6-month program (pdf)

Addiction and Recovery Overview

  • cycle of addiction (pdf)

  • the 3 essentials of recovery (image)

Three Circles Tool

  • article from Pure Desire Ministries (link)

  • with your group, fill out the circles with behaviors to avoid (inner, red), signals you are heading toward relapse (middle, yellow), and things that give you life (outer, green). then, schedule something from the green each day. when you cross into the yellow, call someone from your group. if you enter the red, bring it to the group and to Jesus.

SPIES Check-in Tool

  • use this tool to check-in during group. it covers the main areas to work on and will lead to great discussion if the group allows feedback.

  • “from the last time we met until now, how are these areas of life?”

  • SPIES: Sexual integrity, Physicality (exercise, diet, habits), Intimacy (relational connection), Emotional Experience, Spirituality

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  • CBT model explanation (pdf)

  • ABC model (pdf)

  • strength-based CBT exercises (pdf)

  • challenging negative thoughts (pdf)

Two Roads Parable

  • John Lynch’s parable about how we relate to God (video)

  • The Cure/Two Roads full message (video)

  • The Cure by John Lynch (book)

Boundaries

  • Transform your Boundaries by Sarri Gilman (book)

  • the stages of forgiveness (pdf)

Internet Accountability Software

Most guys object to having this placed on their phone and laptop out of embarrassment or a desire to ‘get over this myself.’ However, true healing will require vulnerability. At the beginning, limiting access to compromising material is a helpful step. Remember, Jesus asks us to take radical steps in overcoming our sin struggles.