Sex Addiction Support Group

Yesterday and today the mental images have been haunting me. Its amazing how my brain has a library of images from years ago. I see images from porn I watched when I was a teenager right through the most recent. They shuffle around in my brain constantly tempting me. I try to divert them with other thoughts but they keep reappearing.

Whats amazing is my wife and I had GREAT sex twice over the weekend. You would think that would calm my desires. It seems that three days is my limit.

BTW I took the addict test from the Sexual Addiction Workbook and answered yes to 6 of the 20 questions, which confirms my addiction and rates it potentially serious. I just needed to admit that.

I will be alone in my office all day and need some encouragement...so please feel free to respond. Any ideas on how to shut off the brain would be helpful.

From what I have learned, the more we fight it and "white knuckle" it, the worse it gets. Surrender is the best thing. Admitting that we are powerless and asking God to take up the fight for us can be helpful. That whole "in our weakness we are strong" thing is pretty powerful.

ok....God I am powerless..please take this burden from me. I pray for anaddict as well and hope he finds the strength to resist.

Hello Zoon,

I am actually struggling with similar right now although I'm not feeling what I call a "thought storm" the same way you describe. I've had lots of thoughts and fantasies from the past regularly pooping up lately.

I actually echo what anaddict says I have found prayer to be very helpful, it's only a temporary release but everything is. The serenity prayer is particularly helpful because the thoughts are something I can not change and can not shut off. But I pray for the courage to continue my day and not surrender to the thoughts.

Meditation and affirmations are also very helpful for me. So are making program calls to friends of mine from meetings because with them I can say why I'm triggered and what is triggering me.

Just remember to breath and take it one day at a time - and when you have to take it one minute at a time, or even one breath at a time. "Progress not perfection"

Post edited by: JonesFallsX, at: 10/12/2011 03:19 PM

Ya know, JonesFalls, I hate it when thoughts poop on me..... ;-P

Thanks JonesFallsX It is so comforting to know I am not alone.

I made it through the day.