- Thursday, May 17th, 2012
- Written By Luke Gilkerson
- Categories: Lust - Fighting the Battle, Pastors and Church Leaders, Podcasts and Sermons, Pornography Addiction, Wives of Porn Addicts
Dealing with Porn in a Marriage: Darren and April’s Story (Part 3 of 3)
Covenant Eyes Radio – Episode 128
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Today we are playing the third and last portion of our interview with Darren and April Mabrey. Four years into their marriage, April found pornography on Darren’s computer. At the time Darren was attending seminary in training to be a minister. The cycle of sin and discovery continued for many years until one day April left with no intention to return.
Darren and April are now back together and God is repairing their marriage. Today they share about the vital importance of community when it comes to dealing with this issue.
For more information about Darren’s ministry, Sit in the Chair, visit DarrenMabrey.com.




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I did take it personally because it had to do with us as a couple, and me feeling like, “Okay, well clearly I’m not good enough for him sexually because he’s looking at pornography.” Didn’t matter how hard I tried to stay skinny or if I got my hair highlighted enough to be blond. I would always ask him, “How do you like my hair? Do you want it long and straight? Do you want it short? How do you want it?” And so I did everything on my body to make sure that he was satisfied. I tried to look like I did when we met, which is really difficult to do when you’re getting older and having babies. But I tried. And he still looked at [porn].


On September 13, 2005, I walked into my first group for men struggling with sexual addiction. Four days earlier I had resigned my position as a Senior Pastor, and confessed to my wife and our children (ages 16, 18, 22, and 24) that I had an addiction to pornography and had been unfaithful to my wife. I had lost my job, ruined my career, and deeply wounded my family.






