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5 Reasons Why I'm Grateful For Porn Addiction
This is about to be a longer post, but if you have a few minutes, I promise it will be worth it ✊
I struggled with pxrn addiction for 10 years of my life. At the peak of it, I was jerking off to pxrn 5x per day on average. Looking back it now, after staying off pxrn for over a year at a time, abstaining from masturbation for months in a row, & even practicing total semen retention for weeks in a row, I never thought I’d say this—but I’m grateful for that struggle.
See, addiction recovery is the most magnificent process a human being can go through & I get to witness it everyday. It's truly a gift, but it's packaging is so horrible, most people never get to realize that truth. My hope today is to transfer that perspective to you.
Here are 5 reasons why addiction is a gift:
#1: The comeback story effect. What is one common pattern in every single religious or classical story across every culture & time period? The hero’s journey towards salvation or personal growth. Would you watch a movie or read a book where the characters are happy from beginning to end, never having to face a single challenge? Of course not, it would be boring as f*ck! What is often the most powerful & emotional part of a good story? The comeback. The part where the hero finally wins after losing; where the hero finds a solution & breaks free from their problem. Those stories are simply manifestations of the human psyche. We can’t appreciate victory if we’ve never been defeated. We can’t appreciate freedom if we’ve never been stuck. As humans, growth & contribution are what make life worth living. Talking about contribution...
#2: Purpose. I have never heard of someone breaking free from addiction without having the slightest desire of helping others break free afterwards. It’s like some kind of unwritten rule in the recovery community. The law of the second mountain states that there’s a limit to the amount of joy and fulfillment that people can experience by focusing only on themselves. The beauty of contribution is that you get to experience unlimited amounts of freedom & fulfillment since every victory you’ve contributed to feels like your victory. Also, those of you who’ve been in contact with my work for a while now know that sustainable recovery is impossible without some kind of contribution anyways. This means that the gift of contribution is inevitable in the process of addiction recovery. What a beautiful way to set it up if you were god.
#3: Discipline & Self-Awareness. Can you find one person in recovery who didn’t have to develop these skills to break free? Good luck. Now, here’s the next question: can you name one valuable goal in life that doesn’t require a solid level of discipline and self-awareness? Exactly. Again, it's almost as if God knew what it was doing. What do I always say? It’s not only about breaking free from addiction. It’s about earning access to this cycle of discipline & self-awareness that pushes you upward, creating an infinite momentum of energy that has the power to transmute every single dream you have into reality. That is what addiction recovery is really about.
#4: Progress. 96% of people going out of rehab relapse after a few years. Why? Because people are afraid of facing the truth! Are you ready to hear what that is? Addiction recovery is a lifetime process. Breaking the habit is amazing! It’s absolutely worth celebrating! Unfortunately though, it’s only the tip of the iceberg. What separates the 4% from the rest is the art of maintaining that freedom. You know what the most fascinating and exciting part about that is? The only way you get to sustain that freedom is by continuous progress & contribution.
Now here are my best news for you: The quality of our lives is perceived through the filter of progress. It is the experiences in the gap between point A & point B that shape our level of happiness. Said differently, we experience reality through contrast. Positive Contrast = Progress = Pleasure, while Negative Contrast = Regress = Pain. Addiction recovery is one of the few areas where you can experience incredible progress over a long period of time, making it a source of lasting happiness!
#5: Humility. So much of our suffering comes from taking ourselves too seriously. Our ego traps us in the illusion that we are separate from each other, leading us to believe we are either superior or inferior to others. But here’s how I define humility: it’s the realization of oneness—the understanding that we all share the same human condition. Addiction recovery forces us to confront how ridiculously self-destructive our minds can become. It pushes us to the point where we finally realize that we are not our minds. That’s when a new dimension of consciousness opens up, one where love, peace, & joy are inseparable from life itself.
If you read this until the end, I just want to remind you that no matter what you're going through right now, you're not alone. As you're reading this, millions of people around the world are going through the exact same challenging times. The only difference is that most of these people are suffering in silence. Almost none of them have the courage to actually ask for help or take responsibility and look for a solution to their situation. But not you. Just by being in this community, you're part of the few who do.
It only goes up from here my friend. This is your origin story, make that shit epic ✊❤️
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