428 - The 3 Most Critical Tools in Your Recovery

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

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The first 60 days after discovery or disclosure are some of the most overwhelming—and critical—moments in the recovery journey. In this episode, we unpack why this window matters so much and how to navigate it with clarity and purpose. Our guest and clinician for Pure Desire, Josh Andrew, shares the top three tools every individual should begin using right away: the Recovery Action Plan, the Escape Plan, and the Three Circles. You'll learn how these tools help calm the chaos, provide direction, and interrupt destructive patterns before they take over. We walk through practical first steps for each, offering guidance that’s simple, actionable, and effective—even in crisis. Whether you’re just starting recovery or supporting someone who is, this episode offers hope and structure for the days ahead.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, good listener. I am your host, Nick Stumbo, and you are listening to The Pure Desire
0:11.0	podcast. You're biblically based and clinically informed approach to breaking free from compulsive
0:16.2	sexual behaviors and healing from betrayal trauma. Today is episode 428 and here joining me as my co-host for this
0:24.5	series is Mrs. Ashley Jameson. Welcome back to the podcast. Hello, I'm so happy to be here today as always.
0:33.1	It's going to be fun conversation. Well, we are in part two of a series on the first 60 days after discovery or
0:40.7	disclosure, just knowing that that initial time period, there's a lot of stuff that comes out
0:45.7	and comes up and a lot of questions. And we're here to try to help couples and individuals
0:51.2	navigate this critical time frame. No, this is going to be a really good
0:57.2	series because in my professional life and my personal life, I get regularly, this is happening
1:02.8	with somebody I know. They know I'm like the person to go to. Do you have a podcast, a series?
1:06.9	And so I love that we're batching some of these because we can send them this whole series and say, start here.
1:14.4	His and hers, whatever side of the coin they're on.
1:18.0	Yeah.
1:18.3	Well, and when we're in crisis, we are often open finally to some input, to some advice.
1:24.2	And so if you had this podcast recommended to you because someone that loves you or cares about, you said listen to this podcast. And so if you had this podcast recommended to you, because someone that loves you
1:29.2	cares about you said, listen to this podcast, welcome. We're glad you're here. We believe this is a
1:34.6	safe space and that many, many men and women have found a lot of hope and healing through the
1:40.4	words of our team and the guests that have been a part of the Puritasar podcast. And today is no different. Today we had a first time guest on with us, one of our pure desire
1:48.5	clinicians. We love our team. They are all awesome. One of our newer team members gets to be on the
1:54.1	podcast today, and he's a great guy, and his name is Josh Andrew. And Josh knows firsthand the
2:00.1	pain of feeling stuck in compulsive sexual behavior
2:02.8	because it's his story, but he also knows the freedom that's possible through healing.
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