Pornography use and recovery / PPU-A06-2
Urge Pause without Suppression — Practice worksheet
Practice noticing an ordinary urge, allowing it to be present, and choosing a next action aligned with the current goal.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Noah practices delaying a routine phone check before applying the idea to a personal goal.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A pause can create room for choice without treating sexual thoughts as dangerous.
1. Choose a workable example
Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.
2. Try the practice
Practice noticing an ordinary urge, allowing it to be present, and choosing a next action aligned with the current goal.
3. Compare possibilities
Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.
4. Decide together
What helps create choice without fighting every thought? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.
Prompts for this resource
- My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
- My response to the practice task above:
- What helps create choice without fighting every thought?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
Conceptual background
AASECT Position on Sex Addiction — American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.