12. The Nature of Abstinence
• Bad News: You will be triggered
13. The Nature of Abstinence
• Bad News: You will be triggered
• Good News: The longer you have been sober,
and the more you understand yourself and
what triggers lead you to act out sexually, the
easier remaining sober will be.
16. Escape Plan
• Mental and Physical Reminders
- Remember, when you are triggered, and dopamine is released to the
Prefrontal Cortex – the reasoning part of the brain – your ability to make
good decisions about your behavior begins to slow down.
17. Escape Plan
• Mental and Physical Reminders
- Remember, when you are triggered, and dopamine is released to the
Prefrontal Cortex – the reasoning part of the brain – your ability to make
good decisions about your behavior begins to slow down.
- The sooner you stop the flow of dopamine to your prefrontal context,
the easier it will be for you to maintain your sobriety.
18. Escape Plan
• Mental and Physical Reminders
- Remember, when you are triggered, and dopamine is released to the
Prefrontal Cortex – the reasoning part of the brain – your ability to make
good decisions about your behavior begins to slow down.
- The sooner you stop the flow of dopamine to your prefrontal context,
the easier it will be for you to maintain your sobriety.
- The sooner you stop your exposure to your trigger, or entertaining
sexual thoughts, the easier it will be to remain sober.
27. Focus on the “Yes”
• Instead of focusing on the things that frustrate
you in life, or the things that tempt you, you
focus on the healthy things that bring you an
immense amount of pleasure, chief among
these is your God-given purpose.
30. Other Fun Activities
• What are your passions? What do you love?
• James 4:14 “Why, you do not even know what
will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You
are a mist that appears for a little while and
then vanishes.”
