420 - Foundations of Freedom: Establishing Sobriety

Pure Desire Podcast

Pure Desire Ministries

Sexual Addiction Recovery, Religion & Spirituality, Celebrate Recovery, Sexuality, Porn Recovery, Porn Addiction Recovery, Health & Fitness, Aa, Education, Betrayal Trauma, Recovery, Biblical Recovery, Christian Recovery, Healing, Sa, Christianity, Self-improvement

4.6 • 682 Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Sobriety isn’t just about stopping a behavior—it’s about building a new way of living. In this powerful episode, Stuart Blade dives into what it truly means to establish sobriety and not just temporarily abstain. He shares practical steps for protecting your progress, limiting the damage of past behaviors, and preventing future setbacks. For those just starting out, Stuart offers insight into the mental and emotional hurdles of early recovery—and how to face them with strength and clarity. We also explore how to rebuild trust, embrace accountability, and shift from behavior management to identity transformation. With honesty and compassion, Stuart addresses the tension between grace and discipline, and how self-compassion plays a crucial role in the healing process. If sobriety feels overwhelming or out of reach, this episode is filled with practical encouragement, real hope, and steps forward. Lasting change is possible—and it begins one intentional choice at a time.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello there, good listener.
0:06.6	I am your host, Nick Stumbo, and you are listening to The Pure Desire podcast,
0:11.4	your biblically based and clinically informed approach to healing from betrayal
0:15.1	and breaking free from compulsive sexual behaviors.
0:19.0	Today is episode 420 and here joining me as my co-host throughout
0:23.4	this series, at least for most of it, is Mr. John Beggeman. John, welcome back. Thanks so much.
0:28.9	It's so much fun to be here. Yes, we had a little bit of a pivot because some who've been listening
0:34.8	to this series know that Mike Maxwell hosted one, but he's got a horse throat.
0:38.9	And so John has been jumping in.
0:41.0	And we're having a great time, I think, really unpacking what does freedom look like,
0:45.8	especially when we're in those initial stages of trying to understand how do I do this?
0:50.5	Like, how do I learn a new way of doing life that is free of acting out, going into my old
0:55.3	pattern, you know, getting out of the binge purge? And these foundations, I think, are so essential.
1:00.2	And so today is part four. And we talked to another one of our coworkers, staff member Stuart
1:06.1	Blade, who is over our men's online group leaders. And we talked about establishing sobriety.
1:12.3	So tell us a little bit about today's conversation, John.
1:15.3	It's hitting me even now, Nick.
1:17.3	I know today wasn't a stories of healing,
1:19.4	but, man, Stewart just does such an incredible job
1:22.6	of leaning in with vulnerability.
1:24.2	Like, yes, there's a handful of tools
1:26.2	that we talked through today,
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