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10 Tips To Get On The Path of Recovery From Pornography Addiction (A Thread)
This needs to be spoken on. It’s a thing a lot of people fall into.
This needs to be spoken on. It’s a thing a lot of people fall into.
1• Seek Allah’s Help
Beg him in your Salah for forgiveness. Allah is the most merciful and forgiving. Beg him to get rid of this addiction within you. Allah’s name is Ash-Shafi, the curer, so get help from him first
Beg him in your Salah for forgiveness. Allah is the most merciful and forgiving. Beg him to get rid of this addiction within you. Allah’s name is Ash-Shafi, the curer, so get help from him first
2• Tell Someone
Tell someone you trust and you believe will actually help you get out of this addiction, may that be a close friend or a counsellor, etc. Someone you feel comfortable talking to about such an addiction
Tell someone you trust and you believe will actually help you get out of this addiction, may that be a close friend or a counsellor, etc. Someone you feel comfortable talking to about such an addiction
3• Eliminate The Pornography Related Pictures And Videos From Your Devices
Try stay away from even watching movies and shows that may trigger these urges. The guilt will be heavy in a relapse stage. The guilt from this relapse could take you to a deep level of depression
Try stay away from even watching movies and shows that may trigger these urges. The guilt will be heavy in a relapse stage. The guilt from this relapse could take you to a deep level of depression
4• Divide Goals Into Smaller Goals
There’s such a thing as a False Quitting Stage where you say you’re not going to watch porn ever again, but in most to all cases this doesn’t work. Instead you should set realistic goals and say for example “Today’s Monday, so I will not watch
There’s such a thing as a False Quitting Stage where you say you’re not going to watch porn ever again, but in most to all cases this doesn’t work. Instead you should set realistic goals and say for example “Today’s Monday, so I will not watch
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it till next Monday”. So you have 1 week to stay away from it. Then when you reach Sunday night, make another small goal for example “Okay Alhamdulillah I’ve stayed away for 1 week, let me try another 3 days” and keep this going
Divide your goals into small goals
it till next Monday”. So you have 1 week to stay away from it. Then when you reach Sunday night, make another small goal for example “Okay Alhamdulillah I’ve stayed away for 1 week, let me try another 3 days” and keep this going
Divide your goals into small goals
5• Do Not Punish Yourself When You Fall
You will fall, you will relapse again and again. Pornography addiction is very compulsive. More time the people addicted to watching Porn, regret it after watching it, but after the first trigger that made them start, they can’t stop
You will fall, you will relapse again and again. Pornography addiction is very compulsive. More time the people addicted to watching Porn, regret it after watching it, but after the first trigger that made them start, they can’t stop
6• Develop New Habits
If you’ve realised that you want to stop but then you keep going back to it, you need to develop new habits. You need to monitor yourself and ask yourself “when do I normally watch porn?”
If you’ve realised that you want to stop but then you keep going back to it, you need to develop new habits. You need to monitor yourself and ask yourself “when do I normally watch porn?”
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For example if this is late at night when everyone else is asleep, you should try develop a new habit of sleeping early
For example if this is late at night when everyone else is asleep, you should try develop a new habit of sleeping early
7• Be Honest When Getting Help
When you do tell someone you trust, always tell them when you relapse, and Insha’Allah they’ll be able to guide you back away from this act
Don’t lie to yourself and don’t lie to the person you are trying to get help from
When you do tell someone you trust, always tell them when you relapse, and Insha’Allah they’ll be able to guide you back away from this act
Don’t lie to yourself and don’t lie to the person you are trying to get help from
8• Don’t Be Fooled By False Quitting
For example, 2 or 3 months down the line you’ve stopped watching porn, don’t be happy about it and think you won’t go back to your old ways and fall into a relapse again
For example, 2 or 3 months down the line you’ve stopped watching porn, don’t be happy about it and think you won’t go back to your old ways and fall into a relapse again
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Carry on with these new habits that you developed to keep you away from watching porn. Carry on for 1 year and then you can tell yourself and believe “Alhamdulillah I’ve reached the path of purity with this and have actually stopped”
Carry on with these new habits that you developed to keep you away from watching porn. Carry on for 1 year and then you can tell yourself and believe “Alhamdulillah I’ve reached the path of purity with this and have actually stopped”
9• Remind Yourself Of The Negative Consequences Of Pornography
Allah can take your soul at any time, and imagine he takes your soul whilst you’re taking part in this act of watching porn
Allah can take your soul at any time, and imagine he takes your soul whilst you’re taking part in this act of watching porn
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The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) said “A man will be resurrected on the Day Of Judgement upon the last thing that he had performed”. So imagine being resurrected on this day in front of Allah whilst watching porn
The Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) said “A man will be resurrected on the Day Of Judgement upon the last thing that he had performed”. So imagine being resurrected on this day in front of Allah whilst watching porn
10• Learn About This Industry
Learn and research about the evil and filth this industry gets into especially against Islam.
Learn and research about the evil and filth this industry gets into especially against Islam.
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After you learn, raise awareness of it yourself, even if you are addicted yourself, but when you help someone else get over this addiction, you yourself in the long run Insha’Allah will be benefitted too
After you learn, raise awareness of it yourself, even if you are addicted yourself, but when you help someone else get over this addiction, you yourself in the long run Insha’Allah will be benefitted too
*REMEMBER*
You are NOT morally a sick person.
You are NOT a bad person.
You are NOT your addiction.
You are struggling between 2 personalities, one that says “do it”, and one that says “don’t do it”
You are NOT morally a sick person.
You are NOT a bad person.
You are NOT your addiction.
You are struggling between 2 personalities, one that says “do it”, and one that says “don’t do it”
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It could take a different amount of time for everyone depending on your will and addiction stage to get over this addiction, but don’t lost hope, and Insha’Allah you leave this act for good
It could take a different amount of time for everyone depending on your will and addiction stage to get over this addiction, but don’t lost hope, and Insha’Allah you leave this act for good
