Pornography use and recovery / PPU-A15-2
A Setback without a Shame Spiral — Practice worksheet
Review what happened, contextual pressures, actual consequences, and one support or adjustment.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Noah misses a self-chosen limit and wants to avoid abandoning the entire plan.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. A missed goal can inform revision without becoming proof of a damaged identity.
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
Review what happened, contextual pressures, actual consequences, and one support or adjustment.
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 can the plan learn from this event? 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 can the plan learn from this event?
- 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.