Got to Get Some… God

Category: recovery

  • Questions to ask myself

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    I’m come across some really good questions over the years that have helped me ponder life a little bit deeper. If you are struggling with any kind of addiction, hopefully these can help change perspective. Do you find yourself angry and disconnected from others?   Do you think that if someone else just changes to see…

  • What is Intimacy?

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    I want to focus on the different levels of intimacy in a marriage.  Recently I spoke with a guy who said he had no idea what intimacy was.  If you have spent a majority of your life as a lust addict, its going to take some time to start feeling love.  To start feeling true…

  • #13 Try to live a life like Jesus (One of love, not selfishness)

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    So what do I mean here? Just from personal experience when I was living life my way, the results just weren’t pretty.  So when i say try to live like him it’s more trying to emulate who he was.  Even though it’s impossible for us to be just like him, what we can focus on…

  • #12 Reflect on yourself (Check in with yourself)

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    I’d recommend taking  30 mins a week where you can sit and have some quiet reflecting time.  Nothing that can distract you from this time.  It’s where you can read your journal, pray, sit down and evaluate where you are at in life.  See where you have made progress, and then look at things that…

  • How do I stop acting out?

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    Here are 21 tips and tools to help you stop acting out. I’ll go into detail later on each one and what that looks like but here is a blueprint. #1 Desire to stop acting out #2 Find God #3 Control your Eyes #4 Get thoughts out of your head (surrender) #5 Join a 12…

  • My Story

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    My journey into recovery was unexpected. First, because I didn’t think I had a problem—at least not before recovery.Second, because had COVID not happened, California might not have completely shut down and taken away everything I found meaning in. California shut down everything: bars, restaurants, anything deemed non-essential. The world paused. All of my sports…

  • Is Sex an addiction?

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    Come on you cant be addicted to sex! Its just guys being guys. It feels really good. Its part of our natural drive as human beings. You cant argue with those last two. It does feel good, and it is apart of our drive as human beings. Yet when does it cross the line? When…

  • Why “Got to Get Some God”?

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    Well first off, it came to me through prayer and out of all the other names that I was asking around about this one wasn’t taken online.  (so led me to think maybe he was pushing this).  Also I think about changing the narrative. When I was actively living in my addiction. I got to…