Safely Using Technology in Recovery, Part 1: Why Filters Aren’t Enough
📻 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙣’𝙨 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 – 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟏𝟖 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐨tes
In Part 1 of a new series on safely using technology in recovery, licensed counselors JJ West and Doug Barnes tackle a hard truth: technology isn’t the real problem, and software alone won’t fix your heart. They show how phones, computers, and apps become fast, frictionless ways to soothe unhealed pain, shame, and loneliness, and why you can’t simply “go off the grid” and expect to be free.
You’ll learn:
- Why tech is not evil in itself, but a powerful canvas on which your story and pain show up.
- The limits of willpower, hyper‑vigilance, and filters—and why you “can’t out‑software your brokenness” without story work, confession, and community.
- How questions like “Why the pain?” (not just “Why the addiction?”) help you address the root issues behind your tech use, setting the stage for future episodes on practical boundaries and tools.
🎟 Use code 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐏𝐎𝐃 to save $100 when you register for the Every Man’s Battle Intensive, and ask about scholarships and recovery groups to help you navigate technology as part of a bigger journey toward heart‑level transformation.
📧 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐎R EMAIL 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐒
Want extra content to encourage your integrity, delivered via email each month?
👉 Email EMBpodcast@newlife.com with “Bonus Content” in the subject line to receive exclusive Every Man’s Battle Podcast resources.
To send questions or suggest future topics (including specific tech tools or scenarios you’d like addressed):
👉 Email EMBpodcast@newlife.com with “Podcast Question” in the subject line.
☎️ Need help beyond the podcast—counseling, groups, or a structured recovery plan?
👉 Call 800‑NEW‑LIFE or visit NewLife.com for Christian counseling, workshops, and recovery groups that go beyond behavior management to heart‑level change.
🎟 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐑 – 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐍’𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 & 𝐌𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐆𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐏𝐒
If technology has become your go‑to escape and you’re realizing filters and willpower aren’t enough, the Every Man’s Battle Intensive is a powerful next step. This 3‑day workshop helps you:
- Identify root causes and triggers.
- Understand the difference between behavior change and heart change.
- Build a plan for sexual integrity that includes healthy tech use, community, and spiritual growth.
After EMB, you can join Every Man’s Battle groups, Men’s Sexual Integrity groups, and other New Life recovery communities—online and in person—so you’re not trying to navigate a tech‑saturated world alone.
💵 Concerned about cost? New Life offers scholarships because they don’t want finances to be the reason you stay stuck. When you call 800‑NEW‑LIFE, ask about assistance for the Every Man’s Battle Intensive and related groups.
Use code 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐏𝐎𝐃 when you register to save $100 on your Every Man’s Battle tuition.
🎧 Discover more ways to listen & watch:
👉 Every Man’s Battle Podcast hub: https://newlife.com/podcasts/every-mans-battle/
👉 New Life LIVE & other New Life podcasts: https://newlife.com/podcasts/
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Use discount code EMBPOD to save $100 when you register for the Every Man's Battle Intensive. The Every Man’s Battle Workshop is the place where men engage in the battle to get back their sexual integrity. In this intensive three-day workshop you’ll work with licensed Christian counselors who will arm you with the weapons you need for victory. The enemy may have wounded you, but the battle is not over. Register today. Too much is at stake not to take action.
Featured Offer
Use discount code EMBPOD to save $100 when you register for the Every Man's Battle Intensive. The Every Man’s Battle Workshop is the place where men engage in the battle to get back their sexual integrity. In this intensive three-day workshop you’ll work with licensed Christian counselors who will arm you with the weapons you need for victory. The enemy may have wounded you, but the battle is not over. Register today. Too much is at stake not to take action.
About Every Man’s Battle Podcast
New Life has been helping thousands of men with their sexual integrity for over 3 decades. Every Man's Battle podcast discusses the topics that will help men understand their challenges, the pathway to Christlike character, and hope for recovery. Becoming a man of sexual integrity is an ongoing process, and we can help you on the journey. New Life's EVERY MAN’S BATTLE PODCAST can assist you on the pathway to becoming the man you hope to be. As all things sexual integrity, EVERY MAN’S BATTLE PODCAST is for EVERY MAN!
Use discount code EMBPOD to save $100 when you register for the Every Man's Battle Intensive.
About New Life
JJ WEST
JJ is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice in Orlando. With a Master’s and Specialist degrees in Counselor Education, JJ began private practice after years of working with children, adolescents and families in outpatient settings. In 2009, he became an Every Man’s Battle Workshop facilitator, taking over as the main presenter in 2022. Before becoming a therapist, he worked for several years with college students in both Christian ministry and church settings. JJ is married with 2 adult children; and enjoys outdoor adventures, traveling to other cultures, good movies, and Florida State sports.
DOUG BARNES
Doug is a LifeCoach and Licensed Professional Counselor with Supervisor status working in private practice in the Dallas Ft. Worth Metroplex; working primarily with men and couples in finding restoration and redemption from sexual brokenness. His journey into becoming a clinician began in his teens and cultivated into a road to healing in his early twenties after the death of his father. He has worked with Every Man’s Battle Intensive Workshops as a facilitator since 2006. His passion is to give other men what God has given him—freedom. Doug has been married for 31 years and has 2 sons. He is a rollercoaster junkie, runner, all around fitness gym rat, and sometimes even breaks out his guitars to play.
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