One of the techniques recommended to help escape the snare of porn is B.R.A.C.E.
This strategy is included in the Freedom Fight program. The initial step, “combat breathing,” has been practiced by Navy SEALs. Here is a summary of what BRACE stands for:

• Breathe Deeply: Taking deep, diaphragmatic breaths, like combat breathing used by Navy SEALs, helps supply more oxygen to the prefrontal cortex and improves decision-making and control over impulsive behaviors.
• Remember the Truth: This step involves recalling the teachings of God and one’s identity in Him. Remembering truth re-engages the prefrontal cortex (PFC), stimulating higher reasoning based on morals, values, and consequences.
• Ask for God’s Help: Knowing God’s promises is not enough; they must be believed to influence behavior. Therefore, in the face of difficulty, asking God to help you believe the truth you are meditating on is crucial [prayer].
• Call an Accountability Partner: Breaking isolation and engaging with someone trustworthy during temptation is crucial.
• Escape Temptation: The final step is to flee temptation, which means getting out of isolation and indulging in healthy activities. Recognizing your temptation and running from it is vital in quitting porn. “Flee sexual immorality”… 1 Cor. 6:18 [1]

Observe that these steps are sequential; there is a logic that “escape” is mobilized by the preceding principles.

Also, this technique corresponds to four aspects of biblical psychology: the physical, psychological, spiritual and social dimensions of human life.

Breathe Deeply: body
Remember the Truth: soul (mind)
Ask for God’s Help: spirit
Call an Accountability Partner: social
Escape Temptation

Spirit, soul, body aspects of freedom are affirmed here: “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it” (1 Thess. 5:23,24).

The social aspect of freedom is included in the preceding context “Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all” (1 Thess. 5:14).

These aspects are illustrated in this wheel diagram.[2]

As in 1 Thessalonians 5:24, God’s faithfulness is included in a key BRACE promise: No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it” (1 Cor. 10:13).

The ability to Escape is not self effort, but the motivation and power of the Holy Spirit Who indwells every believer (1 Cor. 6:19; Eph. 5:18).

May we, like Navy SEALs, fight the good fight of faith, using a holistic strategy for victory.

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[1] Excerpts from
https://thefreedomfight.org/what-do-navy-seals-and-quitting-porn-have-in-common/

[2] From Charles R. Solomon, Handbook to Happiness (Tyndale).

JBW