Secular recovery?

[cleverusername]

Are there many secular folks in this community? After sifting through the messages here awhile, it appears that the prevailing point of view is based in religion -- Christianity, specifically.

I am not religious, and I don't adhere to the beliefs that masturbation is inherently wrong, lust is equivalent to adultery, men are unavoidably corrupted by evil mass culture, etc.

I'd be a better fit among people with a secular point of view. Am I barking up the wrong tree by looking for help on this board?

Thanks.

[wamu]

Hey man u r not barking up the wrong tree. I've been in church since I was a baby. ANd I've been hitting the P/mb just about everyday for as long as I can remember. How much more secular can u get?
U wanna quit. Fine! Join the board, get in the arena and fight this punk. If u don't want to hear the Bible thumpers post it in your blog and get on with it. Look we are all hurting here we are all going to beat this thing. Are you with us or not? Whatever your belief....for some reason....a freaking good reason....you want to quit this thing. This blog can help. I may qoute a scripture from time to time but that is b/c sometimes that stuff motivates me. When that book tells me that no tempation has got a hold of me except what is common to man. it makes me think this stupid little thing is no big deal just your average garden variety problem and I can beat the living hell out of it. If u don't want to be preached to just post it in your blog and I won't preach to you. But I'll do my best to motivate you to achieve your present goal. Maybe you'd rather hear the gospel of Don Trump...his latest book says THink BIG and kick ass. THat's some motivating stuff when u think about it cuz we're all bigger than this and we can all kick its butt. What ever floats your dang boat man. Just don't let anything get in the way of you getting your life back.

I don't know if mb/ is inherently evil same w/porn. But I do know that spending 8-18 hours on a weekend like a mindless slave alone in a room praying to the p/mb god is a waste of my life...the world keeps turning, and I don't want to do it anymore. I know that I feel like a LOSER everytime I let this thing control me for hours on end when i could be doing so much more with my life. Maybe we all shouldn't call it masturbation or porn b/c we can't all agree that that is evil. Let's start calling it slavery b/c I think we can all agree that is evil. Anyway that's what it is to mee. It gets a hold of me and becomes my master. I'll have tests to study for but i just got to log on for a few hrs i just got to i can't resist like a freaking slave. i'm so sick of it. i want my life back. i'll not be a slave any longer.

Malcom X once said about freedom that nobody will give you freedom, if your a man u take it. i'm not on this board cuz i'm religious, i just want my life bak. i'm a man and i'm taking it back. if u want to quit, if u want your life bak you should join us. maybe one day one of your secular posts will be the only thing that keeps me from jumping off the freaking ledge. that's power. i'm 5.5 days clean today...i'm cleannnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!