Pornography Addiction Resources
Website Recommendations:
Healing through the Savior: The Addiction Recovery Program
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints provides many resources
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/addiction-recovery-program-2023
Fight The New Drug
This website is loaded with helps, tips, resources and information to help you or your loved ones fight the addiction of pornography.
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Social Media Episodes:
Pornography, Priesthood, and the War on Masculinity | Greg Matsen & Dave Butler (42 min)
In this episode, we explore how to talk about pornography, shame, and masculinity in a world full of confusion and silence. Greg Matsen and David Butler join Hayden and Jackson to ask the hard questions: Is shame helping or hurting? Can you lead spiritually while secretly struggling? What did Jesus really say about lust? Together, they unpack why fear-based tactics are failing, why many men and women suffer in silence, and how the culture around this issue needs to change. You’ll come away with clarity about Christ’s role in healing, practical ways to have honest conversations with your kids or your quorum, and a deeper understanding of how to face this issue with courage, repentance, and spiritual power.
Why Doesn’t God Just Take My Pornography Problem Away? (5 min)
How to Make an Effective Plan to Overcome Pornography (8 min)
Escaping Shame and Feeling God's Love through Pornography Recovery (7 min)
Healing From Pornography Addiction (16 min)
Pornography is all over the place. It plagues so many lives and is incredibly addictive. Pornography is evil and works in secrecy. It thrives in shame. Satan takes advantage of the powerful gifts that God has given us (the power of procreation) and tricks us into believing false things about those gifts. One of those trickeries is pornography. We all know pornography isn’t of God, we need to move past our focus on the fact that it’s bad and focus on repentance and change. If you are addicted to pornography, DON’T give up on yourself. Do not feel like you are weak. Everyone on this earth is imperfect and it’s our great opportunity to repent and change. God works miracles.
Is Pornography Always an ADDICTION? (21 min)
In this episode, we talk with a therapist who helps people struggling with sexual intimacy, as well as other things. He reached out to us prior to the filming of this episode with some interesting thoughts about pornography and how to better navigate the topic. Daniel talks about the danger in labeling all pornography as 'addiction' as well as the danger in conditioning our minds to label us as sinners every time we fall in our goals to overcome certain things.
Overcoming Pornography: Nic's Story (32 min)
We LOVED having Nic on our show to tell his story of overcoming pornography. His story is so genuine and powerful. If you've ever struggled with pornography, know someone who has struggled with pornography, or simply want to better understand those who struggle, this is the episode for you! This is part 1 of a 2-part series: The first part is Nic's story and the second part is Nic answering YOUR questions (from our Instagram page) about pornography. In this part, Nic tells about struggling with pornography for more than 2 decades. He was first exposed to pornographic images when he was around 11 years old. Since his initial experience, Nic began consuming more and more pornographic material. He was very good at hiding his addiction and was even able to hide it from his wife for many years. However, he know what he was doing was wrong and he thought he could fix it on his own until one day, he just couldn't take it anymore. Nic and his wife were putting their kids in bed when Nic asked his wife if he could confide in her about something. And that's when things finally started changing.
How Pornography Changed Me | with Zachary Spafford (40 min)
Zach’s Pornography Addiction Recovery Program: https://www.zachspafford.com
Zachary struggled with pornography for years and none of the “traditional” methods of addiction recovery seemed to help him…until he finally figured out what really worked. For good! He is now a self mastery coach who helps hundreds of people yearly to finally be free from unwanted habits. The principles he teaches are universal and can help us overcome all types of unwanted habits whether it’s with pornography or excessive video gaming. He aligns his approach with the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (sometimes known as the Mormon Church of LDS Church). Zach is such an incredible speaker, and we loved having him on the show and learning from him about agency and achieving self mastery!
“Pornography is a tool of the adversary, and its use causes the Spirit of the Lord to withdraw from us.”
