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Cutting It Off: Breaking Porn Addiction and How To Quit For Good
* Updated and revised in March 2017 * Porn addiction is real and it nearly ruined my life. I was a porn addict for fifteen years, and I've now been sober for over three. I want to offer you recovery, not just for weeks at a time, but quitting for good.
I'm sure you're tired of the bleary-eyed mornings and constant loop of objectification in your head. The guilt, anxiety, and hypocrisy. The uncomfortable ickiness of dealing with family the next day. The lies, the hiding.
You've tried other methods and it fails every time; you've gone back to the familiar buffet of images. The white-knuckle self-shaming isn't working.
If you've given on up on giving, here are specific steps to quit porn. This is written for you or you friend who's in recovery. This is for both men and women. This is for both church people and for those who don't care about faith. As a pastor, this is also my journey as a Christian who quit the hypocrisy. But regardless of religion, age, or gender, this is how you can permanently quit porn, and more importantly, find the life you've always been missing towards bigger, greater, and better. This is how you cut it off.
I'm sure you're tired of the bleary-eyed mornings and constant loop of objectification in your head. The guilt, anxiety, and hypocrisy. The uncomfortable ickiness of dealing with family the next day. The lies, the hiding.
You've tried other methods and it fails every time; you've gone back to the familiar buffet of images. The white-knuckle self-shaming isn't working.
If you've given on up on giving, here are specific steps to quit porn. This is written for you or you friend who's in recovery. This is for both men and women. This is for both church people and for those who don't care about faith. As a pastor, this is also my journey as a Christian who quit the hypocrisy. But regardless of religion, age, or gender, this is how you can permanently quit porn, and more importantly, find the life you've always been missing towards bigger, greater, and better. This is how you cut it off.
110 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 29, 2014
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About the author
J.S. Park
11 books206 followersJ.S. Park is a hospital chaplain, former atheist/agnostic, sixth degree black belt, suicide survivor, Korean-American, and follows Christ.
J.S. currently serves at a 1000+ bed hospital, one of the top-ranked in the nation, and was also a chaplain for three years at one of the largest nonprofit charities for the homeless on the east coast.
J.S. has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of South Florida and a M.Div from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Some duties of a hospital chaplain include grief counseling, attending every death and Code Blue, help with end-of-life decision-making, notifying family members of loved ones in the ER, and advocating for patients and families in crisis.
J.S. is author of an upcoming book, As Long As You Need: Permission to Grieve, part hospital chaplain experience and part memoir, published by W Publishing of HarperCollins Christian Publishing. He is also the author The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise, published by Northfield/Moody.
In 2012, J.S. gave away half his income to fight human trafficking.
It was a check for $10,000, which was matched to raise another 10k, for a total of $20,000 for charity. The charity was One Day's Wages.
J.S. currently serves at a 1000+ bed hospital, one of the top-ranked in the nation, and was also a chaplain for three years at one of the largest nonprofit charities for the homeless on the east coast.
J.S. has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of South Florida and a M.Div from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Some duties of a hospital chaplain include grief counseling, attending every death and Code Blue, help with end-of-life decision-making, notifying family members of loved ones in the ER, and advocating for patients and families in crisis.
J.S. is author of an upcoming book, As Long As You Need: Permission to Grieve, part hospital chaplain experience and part memoir, published by W Publishing of HarperCollins Christian Publishing. He is also the author The Voices We Carry: Finding Your One True Voice in a World of Clamor and Noise, published by Northfield/Moody.
In 2012, J.S. gave away half his income to fight human trafficking.
It was a check for $10,000, which was matched to raise another 10k, for a total of $20,000 for charity. The charity was One Day's Wages.
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April 10, 2019
This book both served a balm for a wounded soul and a whetstone for refining. I enjoyed how he presented multiple angles to quitting porn, from the scientific, the practical, to the Christian. As a Christian, I loved how he walked the line between works, faith, and grace. He gave biblical advice along with personal methods/wisdom that will be a boon to my walk and my fight.
It's not about saying no to something, but yes to the BEST THING.
It's not about saying no to something, but yes to the BEST THING.
July 7, 2019
I can’t wait to read
March 18, 2024
I like his idea about writing a journal like you're writing a scenario in which you're in the main role. In this way, you can think more clearly.
November 22, 2015
Very quick read (less than two hours) and is one of the most blunt books I've read on the subject. It's "tips" are incredibly simple and very hard. Honestly, he iterates over and over to question yourself in regards to how serious you are about ridding your life of porn. If you aren't serious, then you have no hope. You have to literally get to the point of having the resolve to never go back. Very few books deal with this idea even though it is by far the most important one. To rid of pornography, you have to be absolutely serious about never returning and it can no longer be an option.
Other good books on this topic are Breaking Free by Heath Lambert to unpack some deeper truths but I really enjoyed this because I think he gets the main idea across. To break pornography addiction (or any addiction), you have to be serious and once you make that decision, you must never go back.
The only thing lacking is perhaps some stories on the importance of cutting off in the early stages to where you have no access at all until you get a bit level headed (i.e. no internet, no phone, or whatever it takes). I think other books get this more right but this is only a minor thing. The main idea of his message is right on.
Other good books on this topic are Breaking Free by Heath Lambert to unpack some deeper truths but I really enjoyed this because I think he gets the main idea across. To break pornography addiction (or any addiction), you have to be serious and once you make that decision, you must never go back.
The only thing lacking is perhaps some stories on the importance of cutting off in the early stages to where you have no access at all until you get a bit level headed (i.e. no internet, no phone, or whatever it takes). I think other books get this more right but this is only a minor thing. The main idea of his message is right on.
May 20, 2015
This is a good book to remind that believers ( or non-believers ) the dangers of pornography to one's personal life on psychological and spiritual levels. For the Christian, this is a great book to remind oneself that they need not condemn themselves for struggling, but rather that they must intend to cut off reliance on pornography or else efforts to involve others is a waste of time.
July 7, 2016
Excellent No Nonsense Book
The author is to be commended for exposing the full effect that pornography has on the human body along with the affect it has on the people around them and their relationships.
The author is to be commended for exposing the full effect that pornography has on the human body along with the affect it has on the people around them and their relationships.
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