Top Ten Books That Helped me Overcome Addiction
Author: Coach18 Aug
I’ve read a lot of self-help books. In desperation to understand my addictions and figure out how to stop I searched for the perfect book that would fix everything for me. I thought I could find the book that would tell me the secret and everything would quickly be all better. Well, though I did gain much essential knowledge, it turns out there was no secret but only knowledge I had forgotten or had never learned. I am very glad I did read all those books. On the journey to recovery I felt like I was devinely led to certain books written by inspired authors. Here is a list of the 10 best books I read.
1. “Book of Mormon” – Without exception, this book gave me more hope and strength and understanding than any other book. You certainly don’t have to be Mormon to read the Book of Mormon.
2. ” The Drug of the New Millennium–The Brain Science Behind Internet Pornography Use” – The Science of How Internet Pornography Radically Alters the Human Brain and Body. Author: Mark B. Kastleman. Best book I’ve read explaining every detail of how pornography addiction is created in a person.
3. “Wanting More: Challenge of Enjoyment in the Age of Addiction” – Written by Mark Chamberlain, this book really helped me understand the dangers of desensitization and how pornography is effecting our society as a whole.
4. “The Power of Positive Thinking” – By Norman Vincent Peale. It showed me there really was power in positive thinking. I gained a great faith and understanding of my personal powers through the principles in this book.
5. “Unlimited Power” – By Anthony Robbins. The main thing I took away from this book was specific techniques used to change my thoughts and emotions. If this is a skill you are lacking then this may be the book for you.
6. “Lessons in Mastery” – Also by Anthony Robbins. This concentrated more on controlling emotions and attitude but it was similar to the principles taught in “Unlimited Power”. I would recommend this one on CD
7. “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Your Dreams, 10th Anniversary Special Edition” – This book is full of goal setting tips and inspiring stories that will motivate you to realize any goal in life.
8. Toolstolife.com – Developed by Devlyn Steele. This is not a book but it contains enough content to be a book. This is a day by day program to set goals and overcome bad habits. I would highly recommend it to anyone with any bad habit.
9. “He Did Deliver Me From Bondage” – By Colleen Harrison. This is a book modeled after the original 12 step program but with Book of Mormon principles.
10. “Conquering Your Own Goliaths” – By Steven A. Cramer. Teaches how to conquer the goliath of addiction just as David conquered Goliath in Biblical times. Great Book!!
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Thanks for the resource list. I have a daily reader that has been awesome.
I few minutes ago I prayed to my Heavenly Father. I asked him to help me to stop looking at porn. I’m not addicted. I do this probably a few times a year. But today I realized how powerful and destructive pornography can be and that’s why I asked for help. I typed on google “how to stop -etc” and found your site. I read a lot of it. And then I checked your top ten list of favourite books and I realized that one of your books is “The Book of Mormon”. I don’t know if you are mormon or not, but I am. I have a pretty comfortable live, with beautiful kids and an amazing live. And yet, I look at porn sometimes. But then I found your voice on the net, telling me that hope and happiness is still possible. That the book of Mormon is still a great tool to overcome my fears, my temptations. That I’m not alone and that many people have gone through this and overcome these temptations. I can do it. I really know I can. I’m being pretty honest with myself right now and I’m telling you (whoever wrote this articles) that I will do it. You know what, for a few minutes your voice was not only yours but that of my Saviour trying to help me understand that He answers to my prayers. That He listened to me and that He’s here to help me. For a few minutes, you were an angel.
Thank you.
-Al
I see that you have really touched many lives with this your articles.Thanks for those resourse,I have bookmarked your site for references.I only want to add that Jesus possess the power for absolute freedom.The scriptures says if son set you free,you are free indeed.
Being delevered from pornography addiction is not enought but to experience salvation which actually come by faith in Christ Jesus.With this,your life will be saved from both the sin of addiction and the attending guilt.
I love you but Jesus loves you much more.I experience him somw 16 years ago,he never fails till today.
I googled in “overcoming porn addiction” and i came across this site. I too believe in God and I pray everyday to quit looking at these disgusting works of man that supposedly bring pleasure but really honestly just bring sorrow in the end. I read what one visitor of this site said and it brought a tear to my eye. Thanks, al, for touching me with your story.
-Lisa
who wrote those articles???I really respect you whoever you are,I am an Egyptian guy Muslim I am 19 years old and I am facing the same kind of addiction that you have been talking about,but you gave me hope that I am not the only one,that’s why I will try harder because like you said before there are some days that I feel happy and others I feel really depressed,I will try to read those 10 books that you have mentioned above,I came across this article by chance I was doing a persuasive presentation and topic I chose was “the need to censor internet pornography”so I was searching for some information that’s when I saw this beautiful article of your,GOD Bless you wish you a wonderful life GOD WILL
The Most important help is to receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
Through Christ you can do all things. Nothing is to big for God. He can
absolutely brake the bondage, but you must renew your mind. By reading
the word of God.
I had an addiction to marijuana and I didnot want to quit. God said ask me to take the desire away. I prayed that and then I started to read the word of God everyday.
What you give your attention to, is what you will desire. So you have to guard
your mind, by what you say, what you hear, and what you listen too. You
can be set free but to stay free you can not go near anything that will put
you back to be tempted.. You have to make a decision past what you feel
to what is best to be alive and have a long strong healthy life. Asking for
God to come into your heart by accepting Jesus as Lord is the only real
help to staying free.
I almost couldn’t believe when I saw that the first book you listed was The Book of Mormon. I am LDS myself and have read it twice and I think I’m about to start a third time. I have an addiction to masturbation and pornography and once was able to over-come it. But I was only able to do it through intense scriptual study and self-reflection. Another book that I would recommend was written by one of the leaders of the LDS Church, Spencer W. Kimball. It’s called The Miracle of Forgiveness. It’s tough to read for people who are addicted but the end gives hope and really helps out.
It’s true, Jesus Christ is the only way to recover from it. He has suffered every pain we will ever experience from physical pain, emotional pain, and spiritual pain. He’s the only One who can truly empathize. It’s hard to address Him as a sinner, just like it’s hard to be told that you’re a sinner, but if we are humble then like The Book of Mormon promises us, “…then will I make weak things become strong unto them.” (Ether 12:27)
Hello, my name is Jason and I volunteer for SA Lifeline Foundation, a not for profit company located in Lehi, UT. You can find us online at salifeline.org. We work everyday to spread the word about Pornography / Sexual Addiction. We have found great success and joy in helping others overcome their addiction. In the process of setting up the foundation we became acquainted with Donald L. Hilton Jr., MD. Don is a top neurosurgeon from San Antonio, Texas. He has written a book entitled “He Restoreth my Soul”. It is an amazing book that details the problem, and provides hope for recovery. The angle Don takes is unique because of his medical background. To date we have sold 17,000 books most of which have gone to Bishops, Stake Presidents, and ARP Missionaries. The book is currently available at all LDS retailers.
The reason I am contacting you, is because we need your help. We are currently reaching out to blogs and websites like yours asking that you provide some kind of information to your readers about the book, and / or our foundation. If it would help I can put you in touch with our founders Steven and Rhyll Croshaw. They can explain more about their efforts, and the efforts of the foundation. Steven and Rhyll were recently featured on the “Out in the light” documentary that was shown immediately following the last conference session. Please let me know if you have any interest in helping us continue to reach out to those that struggle with Pornography / Sexual addiction.