Flat Lining – The New Normal

Dear Members,

As promised in yesterday’s post – Unit 2.2 is now uploaded to the site.  This is password protected but available to anybody who has completed Stage 1 and has been advised to start Stage 2 units.  I have included a short excerpt to wet your appetite…and to encourage you to persevere through Stage 1.

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I find the hardest aspect of maintaining purity and avoiding the sins associated with sexual addiction is trying to deal with the ’emptiness’ of day to day living.  By now you are probably several months into the battle and the success of your perseverance is finally bearing fruits.  Your slips have been minor or nonexistent and your brain is now rejuvenated and ready for healthier challenges.

Now is when you need to change from defensive fighting to directed attacks and regain all that lost ground to rebuild your Self Esteem.  Understanding what it is that made you turn to sexual gratification is crucial but deciding what you are going to do to create long term replacements is pivotal.  Now you have to create strong neural pathways with healthy pleasures and challenges.  In short, this unit is all about discovering who is the ‘New You’.

“My dear Wormwood … I have always found that the trough [boring] periods of the human undulation provide excellent opportunity for all sensual temptations.”

                                                                        —The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis

Unit 2.2 – The New Normal

I am working on the next Stage 2 Unit later in the week and will post it when complete.  I shall also be adding my thoughts on Day 21 of the 40 hour challenge this afternoon.

Yours in Jesus, Mary & Joseph

SA James