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Very often, people are unwilling to change until it becomes more painful to stay as they are. Beginning to feel trapped in an addiction can be painful, but it can also serve as powerful motivation to find deep healing. Nate Larkin and Gary Wilkerson look at the role of honesty, family and culture in addiction recovery.
Key Points from the Podcast
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Some addicts won’t change unless it becomes less painful to change than to stay the way they are.
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Recovery won’t happen until the addict can be honest about their sin, whether that is being found out or by finding a safe place free of shame, condemnation, and judgment to share their struggles.
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Confessing your sin and stopping your bad behavior is only the beginning of recovery, not the solution, because the deeper heart issues that are causing you to sin need to be dealt with.
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Real spiritual transformation and character change become possible when we truly open our hearts up to God, his Word, and others.
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Gary Wilkerson and Nate Larkin discuss how to protect our children and grandchildren from pornography and a sexually permissive and pervasive culture.
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Our modern culture is engineered for addiction—from pornography to video games and even the food industry.
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Exercise, diet, and sleep are all important ingredients in addiction recovery.
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
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Samson and the Pirate Monks
by Nate Larkin
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Samson Society
A fellowship of Christian men who are serious about authenticity, community, humility & recovery -
Sarah Society
A Sisterhood of Healing Hearts -
Covenant Eyes
Live porn-free with confidence -
pureHOPE
Reframing how the church talks about sexual purity -
10 Day Detox
by Mark Hyman -
Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents
by Rod Dreher
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About Nate Larkin
Nate Larkin, the founder of the Samson Society and author of Samson and the Pirate Monks: Calling Men to Authentic Brotherhood, grew up as a preacher’s kid. He married his wife, Allie, on the day he graduated from St. Lawrence University, and they headed off toward Princeton Seminary and the ministry.
If you’ve heard Nate’s story, you know his plans didn’t work out so well. He was ensnared by a sexual obsession he couldn’t tame, and the fear of discovery eventually drove him to abandon the professional ministry. It’s a miracle his marriage survived.
After more than two decades of secret and steadily intensifying compulsive sexual behavior, Nate’s nightmare finally ended in a painful collision with reality. Today, he helps overlooked victims of the commercial sex industry – addicted users – find their way back to integrity and the true intimacy that every person craves.
