“Hey, wanna see something?” It was the question that would change my life for the next 16 years. This question seemed quite harmless to an innocent 12-year-old just hanging out with his best friend, wasting time on the computer. Little did I know that I was walking right into a…
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Fight Fear With Freedom
I am going on just shy of a year free from online pornography. I am in a healthy and happy relationship with the love of my life, and my relationship with my family has never been stronger. I have an accountability group of my peers from my university that lift…
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Praying Through the Guilt
Do you remember the first time you told a lie? One of my friends recently told me that he remembers the first time he lied to his parents. He was 12 years old, and he felt so guilty! As guilt set in, he ran to his room, closed the door,…
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6 Crucial Questions About Porn With Allen Parr
What’s a surprising way that porn can harm your life? “One of the things that is plaguing a lot of men—and this used to be an issue that only surfaced in older men, middle aged men—is erectile dysfunction.” Studies are showing a significant increase in erectile dysfunction issues in younger…
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Sex Addiction Recovery: Avoiding Sexual Triggers
by Tim Davis The Internet is the number one stumbling block for almost all the people struggling with sexual sin. It’s not prostitutes, affairs, or adult bookstores—it’s the Internet. Few seem to understand the importance of an Internet filter. However, without it, you constantly open the door to temptation and…
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Hypofrontality: How Using Porn Destroys Your Willpower
Hypofrontality isn’t a word you see every day—but it might hold the secret to why you keep looking at porn. Neuroscience now knows that willpower is a function of the prefrontal lobes of the brain. Scientific studies have also confirmed that using porn over and over actually reshapes these areas of the…
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The Bible and the Brain
How Scripture strengthens, renews neurological pathways The Creator of the brain gave mankind a neurological handbook—the Bible. To live new lives we just have to embed its truths into our daily thinking. Science shows us why the brain can so easily become obsessed with pornography, and it also explains the…
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True Story: Woman Finds Healing After 15 Years of Addiction
To maintain anonymity, we have removed the name of the user who submitted this story and replaced her name with “G.” This is a true story. “I was raised in a big Christian, conservative home (and still hold to those views and doctrines), where no one expected porn to be…
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Help Me Save My Marriage! Why does he prefer porn to sex with me?
The following is an excerpt from Porn and Your Husband: A Recovery Guide for Wives. . . . . Some men seem to prefer looking at pornography to intimacy with their wives. There are a few reasons for this. First, men crave respect and measure their own worth in terms…
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How Do I Keep My Husband from Looking at Pornography?
My wife runs a ministry at our church called Hearts Restored. It ministers to women who have suffered sexual betrayal. In almost every case the husband struggles with or is addicted to porn. The reaction of their wives is multifaceted. They are angry. They feel betrayed. They feel the need…