90 Days to Wholeness: A Porn Addiction Recovery Devotional for WomenSample

“Today is the day that I am going to stop looking at porn . . .” 

“Today’s the day that I am going to live a pure life . . .” 

Sound familiar? Of course it does. All of us, at one time or another, have made these idle promises to ourselves. To God. But what happens is a couple of days of good intentions, maybe even a couple of weeks with success in our attempts to not act out, but ultimately, we stumble again. And instead of beginning, we become discouraged and fall back on what’s familiar and comfortable, falling even harder into a routine of destruction.

Well, why does this happen to us? Behavior modification doesn’t work without first surrendering control of our behavior to God. It’s not enough to say, “I want to stop watching porn.” It’s about more than the behavior. It’s what is driving the behavior that matters. Surrender begins by asking the question, “Do I trust God enough to get well?”

The above is an excerpt from my book, Dirty Girls Come Clean. I believe it poses an important question. It is my personal opinion that no one can overcome an addiction without admitting powerlessness over it and the need for God to restore. And that’s not just my opinion. That very thought encompasses the first three steps in the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.

 The cornerstone of any relationship is trust. A relationship cannot work without trust and you can’t achieve freedom without a relationship with God. So without trust in God, there’s a conundrum.

It’s no secret that it is sin that first and foremost hinders our relationship with God. But how has your lack of trust in God attributed to your relationship with addiction?