You Can’t Do This Alone: Bob Sklar on Good Accountability, Story Work, and Becoming Safe
📻 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙣’𝙨 𝘽𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 – 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐𝟐 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐍𝐨𝐓𝐄𝐒
In this episode, JJ West, Doug Barnes, and facilitator Bob Sklar explain why Sustained Victory—New Life’s aftercare program for Every Man’s Battle alumni—is essential for moving from short‑term sobriety to long‑term recovery. They describe how weekly, counselor‑led groups become a laboratory for connection, where men learn real accountability, practice “into‑me‑see,” and respond to triggers by reaching out to brothers instead of running back to porn.
You’ll learn:
- How to treat temptations and emotional “storms” as dashboard warning lights, not signals to numb out, and why healing must happen in community with safe men, not in isolation.
- What separates good accountability (rigorous honesty, story‑based challenge, truth in love) from shallow “How you doing?” check‑ins that let you hide and blame your spouse.
- Why sobriety alone isn’t enough—and how groups like Sustained Victory help you become a safe, present husband and father, not just a man who stopped viewing porn.
🎟 Use code 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐏𝐎𝐃 to save $100 when you register for the Every Man’s Battle Intensive, and ask about Sustained Victory and other New Life recovery groups so you’re not fighting this battle alone.
📧 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 & 𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒
Want extra content to encourage your integrity, delivered via email each month?
👉 Email EMBpodcast@newlife.com with “Bonus Content” in the subject line.
To share comments, questions, or topic ideas for upcoming episodes:
👉 Email EMBpodcast@newlife.com with “Podcast Question” in the subject line.
☎️ Need help deciding your next step—workshop, Sustained Victory group, or counseling?
👉 Call 800‑NEW‑LIFE or visit NewLife.com for faith‑based sexual integrity counseling, workshops, and recovery groups.
🎟 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐍’𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 & 𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 – 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃
If this episode has exposed how much you need ongoing brotherhood and structured accountability, consider these steps:
- Attend the Every Man’s Battle Intensive
- A 3‑day, in‑person workshop led by licensed Christian counselors.
- Teaching, story work, and practical tools for sexual integrity and heart‑level change.
- A brotherhood of men who understand your struggle and want the same freedom.
- Join a Sustained Victory group after EMB
- Weekly, counselor‑led groups (online) that help you live out what you learned at the intensive.
- Guided discussions, real accountability, and support for deeper healing and resilience.
New Life also offers additional recovery groups (Men’s Life Recovery, Men’s Accountability, Life Recovery Support) for broader issues like substance abuse, codependency, and emotional strongholds. All are structured, faith‑aligned communities focused on healing in relationship.
💵 Concerned about cost? New Life offers scholarships, because finances shouldn’t be the reason you stay stuck. When you call 800‑NEW‑LIFE, ask about assistance for both Every Man’s Battle and Sustained Victory.
Use code 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐏𝐎𝐃 when you register to save $100 on your Every Man’s Battle registration.
🎧 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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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.
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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