Testimony 18  - Bryan B.

Many times this group has been like my family. The healthier family that I didn't really have growing up. On this journey of healing I have been through a lot. This group has been there for me when I didn't know where else to turn. The guys in this group have prayed for me when I was dealing with some of the most difficult things in my life. This group has been there to give me gentle advice when faced with a crisis. It has been a place to encourage others. At one time I thought I was all alone, that no one else did the things I was doing. Since becoming a part of this group, I have not felt so alone in my addiction. I have come to realize that other sincere believers also face the same demons/problems that I do. At times I hear the solution, and often that will give me the strength and encouragement to be sexually sober for one more day. Still other times this group has helped to pull me back when I have gone astray or forgotten that Christ must be my focus, not just stopping this addiction.

Tony (the moderator of this group) has blessed, encouraged, admonished and challenged me for the last several years. This was the first and really is the only group where I can share my heart, and not have to pull punches about my spiritual beliefs. By being in this group I have learned so much from so many. I learn from the new guy who comes in hurting, broken, confused, for I am that man also. I learn from the one who gets his first week of abstinence, or first month,or a small victory by saying no in an area where previously that was not possible. I have seen some heal instantaneously,others have made progress. We are about as real a group of guys as you can get. There is support here, both on the general forum and from the many personal e-mails that are never read on the open group. This group is a daily life saver. So to the new man who's checking this site out, this can be the door that God uses to help you walk away from the behaviors that brought you here, but more than that, this too is the body of Christ.

We are the wounded, brave souls who have dared to join hands in the most difficult battle of our lives. We are warriors trying daily to fight the good fight. So yes there is help here, keep coming back, get involved and watch the miracles happen.

Bless every man here especially those who have just joined us,
Bryan B.