Comments for Hooked on Porn at http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com , comment 1 to 35 out of 20 comments http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:43:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-1192 i was addicted to literary porn and more. i am telling you Jesus is the only one who got me out of it took prayer. i am praying for you melissa and anna-marie - friend Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:36:20 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-1145 well i read this and it has really lightened up everythingi thank u all for this and god bless...i will pray for u all myself.....trust in god. - angel123 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:47:55 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-1144 i no exactly how u feel cause im addicted to and my parents didnt do anything!!! My family is church hungry and I am addicted!! I am so ashamed and want help but i cant help myself!!! Only God can help me but sometimes I feel He Cant!!! - Needs Help!! Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:36:46 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-837 hun god will guide you just have strenght believe anything is possible. keep god close and he will never let u down. hope everything works out and remember everything takes time, it won't happen all at once but once things gets start getting better, just move on from there and don't look back. - a friend Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:25:39 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-824 Dont give up. And try not to give in.You can get help.To overcome an addiction,any addiction,whether it is porn, drugs,gambling etc.you need to address the disease of addiction which is physical,mental,social and spiritual.The physical aspect is the compulsion,I.E.urges and when you start you cant stop.The mental aspect which is obsession I.E.its always on your mind in your thoughts. Social aspect,you identify the adverse effects it has on you socially and the spiritual aspect is the self-centeredness, because these addictions are works of satan.Once a person addresses all these aspects Recovery is possible. For further assistance please call Michael @ 323 3106 - Michael A Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:23:23 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-762 and to the person that responded with the title "Not always victims of abuse"... you are SURE right that RELIGION does not work eh! "religion" cannot help you... GOD can!!! JESUS CHRIST! and i can testify that is how i overcame this addiction as well as many other people i know! so melissa, don't be discouraged. - R. Thomas Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:30:31 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-761 i was addicted to it myself!!! but when i thought about the fact that when i watched it, i was basically saying "bye for now God, because i'm ready to indulge in MY selfishness and forget about you for now." Plus when you indulge in those things, you're inviting in the presence of demons! When i really thought about it, i was like... "Lord i couldn't possibly love you!!! because IF I DID, i would NEVER be doing these things! But Lord, i REALLY WANT to love you and serve you with all my heart, mind, soul, spirit and body! From this day on!" After that, i've never watched it again. but you really have to make the necessary adjustments to stop. like throwing away that laptop, getting one of your family members to block websites etc.... if you are really serious about God, its what you gotta do! Dont let that nasty devil fill your head with lies!!! Because if you die now, where is your eternity gonna be? - R. Thomas Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:24:53 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-756 After reading this i realise that i really did have a serious problem....but I have stopped a while now and have no intention of reproaching to my old ways because the guilt is unbearable....I am happy someone shared their experience so the rest of us can be aware and make a change for the positive. Thank you - s.m. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:27:48 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-754 I'd just like 2 commend every1 who was able 2 come out and speak about this...starting with those who actually spoke in the column as it was obviously very much appreciated by the large number of responses. I really hope that 'mean girl''s comment was nothing more than a sick joke...as i, among many others i'm sure, see u guys in a completely positive light. Keep on fighting with it, keep on pursuing these avenues that others have suggested and are suggesting now thru their responses. Hopefully even this column can be the start of a new beginning... showing you that a) you are not alone and that b) there are ppl who care...and that yeh, the 'God thing' really duz seem 2 work..as evidenced by many of the responses...so leave no stone unturned. Good luck u guys...I'll be praying 4 u :) - Jo D Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:42:02 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-751 Not in all cases are victims of sexual abuse addicted to pornography for example I happen to enjoy pornography simply because its funny. I'm a straight A student, not very religious and i'm addicted to pornography. At times i feel bad but i still end up watching it when i get strong cravings. I'm telling you with something like this religion cant help. Hormones dominate us all. - [Insert name here] Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:40:45 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-750 Hey Everyone. Pornography as we all know is dangerous, because it's addictive. Pornography feeds our flesh and could be considered a narcotic, since it is so addictive. Sometimes we need a good friend, along with God, to get us through. Get a friend, who you can call when you're feeling your cravings, so that they can encourage you in God, and help you to fight it. Most ppl look and pornography when they are by themselves, so get someone, tell them your usual "porn time" so that they'll call you and keep you company, slowly but surely, you would start to get over it. Prayer Works also, and you should never forget that. If you do need someone to strengthen and to help you to get over that sickness and addiction, by the grace of God, i'll try to help... There are many people that will be willing to help you, i am one of them... I hope God helps you to get over it, as He did for me... - Mr. Atwell. Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:14:34 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-746 This is ah real prob, I used to kinda still have have this same prob I am 17 going on 18 and and just sick of this prob. I never got abused. I was just hook on porn, I still look at it sometimes, but not as much as I used to. So I look around on the net and found a few things to help, hears what i did. I first attempted to block pron by using net filters but that never worked, than I stop using the PC and took cold showers when i felt the urge to take a peak and the other thing is to take a rubber band put it on my hand and when I felt to look at pron i snapped the band on my hand. This is a prob this is VERY HARD to break and is more common than people think. Sometimes not even God can help! - Keon (trinidad) Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:14:02 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-745 i have that prob. well i should say had, cause i refuse to remain in that place of pain an suffering any longer. i have felt all that most persons have dealt wit who left comments. especially the shame and guilt that follows. but the thing is in our times of weakness, when we feel we cant go on, thats just satan messing with ur mind. and the only way he can win si to convince us to gives up, tell us we arent strong enough. bu the devil is a liar. " I can do ALL things through christ who strengthens me" remember it. LIVE it. u can only fail if u stop trying. keep trying! - a child of god Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:58:05 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-742 I don't, think anyone who commented after this story said they relished and thoroughly enjoyed being addicted to porn. Perhaps - mean girl - your life is perfect and you do not have a single fault, not one compulsive habit that you cannot stop. Great! But for the rest of us who face the challenges of working out own own imperfections I do not think it can be called ... sickening, disgusting, unbelievable .... In fact i think every person who has used this forum to express their struggles is admirable because the truth is mean girl you are not perfect and neither am I. - Abby Brathwaite - Managing Editor Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:57:04 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-741 WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u all r sickenin!!!!! n disgustin!!! unbelievable! - mean girl Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:47:06 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-735 i used to wtach porn but tht was becausse i was callled a lesbian..i used up all the hurt and directed to porn..tht was wrong...i have stopped watching porn..i switched my mind..then i had low self confidence but i have learnt to not fall.. if there wasnt a demand for porn then there would have been noporn but we contiue to watch it....i know the feeling and it is horrible....but time will pass...everythinh willbe ok.. most of the school with boys watch porn...so tht is also a problem we have to fix... - Jane * Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:20:56 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-732 i am a 19 yr old male. i am also addicted to porn. i started to watch at the age of 13 but i have known about sex from de age of 4 or five. i used to play wit girls i even had oral sex wen i was 7. as melissa said if i reach a month without watching porn i would give myself the chaconia gold medal. i have serious cravings for sex all da time. sometimes my gf gets fed up. its not just a porn craving its also a sex craving. i think just counselling wont help if your mind is not ready for the change. because i have tried it and it hasnt worked 4 long. i tried blockin the internet to my pc but that just makes the situation worse. and it is so easy to get porn it jus complicates the situation further. God is the only answer but again you have to be prepared mentally for the change. if anyone can help me prepare my mind for the change i am willing to do it. - Jerome Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:41:56 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-724 Reality is the more information that is available to us, the more we expose ourselves to the predator of this world, whose ultimate task is to '..kill, steal and destroy...'. As young ppl, we have to consciously make an assertive effort to avoid negative elements. When we subject ourselves to these external forces, our internal man is destroyed. There are so many issues, like porn, affecting our children, it looms over into adulthood and can destroy relationships at any level. To eradicate the effects of pornography, keep your mind stayed on Jesus. God has promised to be with us till the very end. Prayer is a miraculous way to stream all our fears, anxieties, hopes and dreams. - AGB Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:45:46 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-723 The addictive desires after that first experience, be it a horrible experience or not, can become so overwhelming that there are no words to truly describe it. Following my early sexual experiences, I have struggled with masturbation, major promiscuity, porn, heartaches upon heartaches, broken relationships, as well as lost opportunities to become a father due to abortions based on my own decisions and decisions that were not my own, etc, etc, etc. I went through this for many years before asking JESUS into my life some nine years ago. But, I never truly surrendered all of my desires and will to Him. You see, because I never fully surrendered all to JESUS, I continued to suffer from helplessness, guilt, shame, embarrassment, depression, lack of confidence, lack of control, uncontrollable desire, lust and selfish thoughts that led me to fornicate and lust even after my first committing to Him. But it wasn't until I truly understood the value of my salvation, the priceless cost of Christ's dying for me and the truth that I deserved to go to hell for all of my sins, that I had finally and fully given over everything to the LORD. And even these desires and addictions that I had no control over and the ones that were brought upon me or even forced upon me as a toddler, I had to repent of them. For although I didn't ask for them, I grew addicted and my desire grew, so I definitely had to repent. Because all have sinned and come short of His glory - Romans 3:23. More info at www.wayofthemaster.com/goodperson.shtml It was then had I recognised that I was in a mess, being harassed by lustful spirits. And so if JESUS was to truly be my LORD, He needed to be LORD of all or He would have been no LORD at all. For JESUS said, if I love Him and I am His friend then I must obey Him - John 15:14: You are my friends, if you do whatsoever I command you. I am now in my late 30's, recently married to a beautiful woman who was a virgin when we tied the knot. And I can say that the after effects of such pre-marital experiences are beautiful only because the Son had set me free. Without such surrendering, those terrible pre-marital experiences can have a serious effect on your mind after marriage. Therefore please please do address them early enough or else your mind would be tortured and your relationship with your spouse would not be as you would hope. Why? Because your sexual experiences with your spouse would be based on your morbid past instead of being focussed on the one you love as your spouse. I no longer have guilt and shame, all glory to the Most High GOD, and I am now renewing my mind by looking at sex in a beautiful way through GOD's eyes by reading His Word and seeing how wonderful it was meant to be. Therefore I would strongly recommend and urge you and everyone who reads this and is struggling with anything, to trust in the LORD JESUS Christ and surrender your all and everything to Him. Recognise yourself as a sinner, repent, for only the LORD is good and only He is Holy and because He desires us to be Holy we must die to our lusts and unholy ways for Him to live and be glorified in us - Matthew 16:24-25 and Galatians 2:20. For no whoremonger, fornicator, lustful person shall inherit or see the kingdom of GOD, but shall be damned forever in hell (Galatians 5:19-21 and Revelations 21:8). This is not what people like to read or hear but if anyone believes in GOD and JESUS and His Word, then kindly check and read for yourself. Again, for further information, do go to www.wayofthemaster.com/goodperson.shtml And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit - Galatians 5:24-25. - teknon to uihos Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:26:24 +0100 http://www.thestudentpressdigital.com/features/10-features/188-hooked-on-porn.html#comment-713 Sorry to hear bout your problem but i have the same problem i'm a 17yr male is their anyone that can help me also - Moses Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:13:36 +0100