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3 Essential Responses to Your Spouse’s Betrayal Trauma Triggers
“What are you looking at?!” Lisa shrieks while her eyes bulge and…
“What are you looking at?!” Lisa shrieks while her eyes bulge and her body pulses with adrenaline. Doug looks up from his phone like a deer caught in the headlights. Panicked, he tries to reassure…
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Why You Should Persevere in Pursuing Freedom from Porn Addiction
You realize you have become addicted to porn or sex, or are…
You realize you have become addicted to porn or sex, or are on your way to addiction. You find yourself in a really crappy place and decide you are going to leave. However, you try…
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The 2019 Dirty Dozen List Revealed
Each year the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), based in Washington,…
Each year the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), based in Washington, DC, publicly calls out twelve major, mainstream organizations that financially benefit from degrading human dignity. This naming of names puts pressure on these…
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Getting Sober in Just 30 Years
Recovery materials are replete with books on how to find sexual sobriety.…
Recovery materials are replete with books on how to find sexual sobriety. The “how-to” resources are almost limitless. Google “kicking the porn habit” and you will find dozens of articles on ways to find sobriety…
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Strengthening Your Relationships as a Defense Against Porn
“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.”…
“Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor.” —Romans 12:10 As men, we have a unique tendency to have shallow relationships. Often, this results from poor relationship management and the inability…
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Porn Should Not Be an Easy Punchline
I love science fiction. Modern science fiction writers and shows have a…
I love science fiction. Modern science fiction writers and shows have a way of holding a mirror to society to reflect areas of concern. But the seriousness of pornography has seemed to elude this genre,…
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Accountability and the Habit of Lying
“There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders,…
“There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.” – The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous “We are a…
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Are You Pursuing Sexual Intimacy or Just Sexual Activity?
A growing trend in our culture is the separation of sex from…
A growing trend in our culture is the separation of sex from intimacy. Perhaps the most obvious example of this is the “hook up” culture, described by Dr. Lisa Wade in her book The Great American…
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2 Things Your Spouse Doesn’t Need to Know About Your Porn Use
If there are certain things you shouldn’t tell your spouse about your…
If there are certain things you shouldn’t tell your spouse about your porn addiction, it must mean there are important things s/he does needs to know. First and foremost, that you are using pornography. Confessing…
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Parents Make Little Headway in Porn Prevention Without Honesty
In my experience parents often become ineffective helping their children avoid pornography…
In my experience parents often become ineffective helping their children avoid pornography when they discover how honest they must be for that process to actually work. I’m not talking about the child’s honesty, but the…