233. Grieving the Loss of Porn with Jessica

Overcome Pornography for Good

Sara Brewer

Christianity, Sexuality, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

5 • 679 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever felt sadness or confusion about letting go of something you desperately want out of your life? The grieving process often shows up in unexpected ways when you're trying to overcome pornography. It’s normal to experience complex emotions like grief, even when you know you want to quit. Understanding this emotional landscape can significantly transform your healing journey.

In this episode, Coach Jessica explores the three key areas where grief shows up while overcoming pornography. She discusses how letting go of porn as a coping mechanism creates a real sense of loss, even when your mind wants it gone. Using the five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—Jessica provides practical strategies for processing these emotions.

Get full show notes, transcript, and more information here: https://centerforovercoming.com/post/grieving-loss-jessica

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Overcome Pornography for Good podcast, episode 233.
0:06.5	Welcome to the Overcome Pornography for Good podcast where we take a research-based, trauma-informed, and results-focused approach to quitting porn.
0:17.3	This approach has been revolutionary and changed thousands and thousands of lives.
0:22.8	I'm your host, Sarah Brewer.
0:26.5	Hi, friends.
0:28.4	Welcome to the Overcoming Pornography for Good Podcast.
0:32.5	I'm Jessica and I am super excited to be here with you guys today. So I wanted to talk today about grief.
0:42.1	And I know that this is not a super cheery subject, but it is something that comes up for so,
0:51.8	so many of us in the process of overcoming pornography. So I'm going to
0:56.5	explain all of that. First of all, there are lots of different areas in this process of overcoming
1:03.7	pornography where we have to grieve. It's one of the most important steps in this process. And that's for a few reasons.
1:15.6	I'm going to start by talking about what the things are that we have to grieve in this process.
1:21.2	And then we're going to talk a little about what it looks like. And I'm going to give you
1:24.5	some really clear steps that you can take to help with
1:29.4	your own personal grieving process. So, first of all, when you're in this process of healing
1:36.6	and learning to process your own emotions so that you don't have to use porn anymore
1:43.4	to deal with negative emotions that come up in your life.
1:48.0	There can be a sense of loss.
1:51.9	And anytime there's a sense of loss, there's going to be grief to process.
1:58.1	So, for example, like most of us think about, when we think about grief, we think about
2:03.2	death. We think about the death of a loved one and how that person, that loved one, isn't a part of
2:10.7	our life anymore. And there's this sense of loss. And that same feeling can happen anytime we experience a loss. And in this process
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