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Pride and Porn: The Risk of Overestimating Your Willpower
These days, we’re often told to believe in ourselves, build our self-esteem, and take pride in our abilities and accomplishments. But this pride might be what undermines our ability to deal with deeply ingrained struggles—like…
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Porn Habit vs. Porn Addiction: Is There a Difference?
What’s the difference between being addicted to porn and merely having a porn habit? Habits are behaviors that have become automatic over time. Addiction involves a deeper change in your neurochemistry. Habits might be changed…
I Was the “Perfect” Christian Girl and Addicted to Porn
I was introduced to pornography toward the end of elementary school. As a young Christian girl who had never imagined, seen or heard about such things, this exposure planted a seed in my mind that…
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How to Experience Healthy Sexuality in a Broken World
Most of us think about sexuality as a very private compartment of…
Most of us think about sexuality as a very private compartment of our lives. Even in the innocence of childhood, we were subtly taught to treat everything sexual differently. We learned special names for our…
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How to Stop Sex Addiction: The Recovery Race
How to stop sex addiction: That is a massive topic that cannot…
How to stop sex addiction: That is a massive topic that cannot possibly be covered in a single article. Countless books and articles have been written on the subject, so why another? Because today we…
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Willpower in the Bible: Why “Trying Harder” Fails (and What Actually Works)
The Cycle of “I Promise” It’s Sunday night or Tuesday afternoon. Maybe…
The Cycle of “I Promise” It’s Sunday night or Tuesday afternoon. Maybe you just closed a browser tab you shouldn’t have opened. Either way, something rises up inside you. It’s a mix of shame, resolve,…
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Breaking the Silence
My life looked perfect. I was admired at Church, respected at work,…
My life looked perfect. I was admired at Church, respected at work, and loved at home. I was known as dependable, responsible, and faithful. But behind closed doors, I was hiding a secret that had…
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5 Vital Truths to Remind Yourself Daily as You Overcome Addiction
New Year’s is only days away and I am willing to bet…
New Year’s is only days away and I am willing to bet you are making plans to try and stop looking at porn in the new year. I used to do this and failed every…
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My 40 Years in the Desert: Decades of Struggle with Sex and Porn Addiction
For as long as I could remember, I struggled with relationships. I…
For as long as I could remember, I struggled with relationships. I remember in my 20’s reading about people who were addicted to serial relationships, but I disregarded this notion thinking my struggle was one…
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Building Walls Against the Flood: Luke’s Story
I was thirteen the first time I saw pornography. It happened behind…
I was thirteen the first time I saw pornography. It happened behind the snack bar at our neighborhood pool, where I worked my first summer job. A few older guy–friends I looked up to were…
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Is using pornography a mortal sin, according to the Catholic Church?
Question: Is using pornography a mortal sin, according to the Catholic Church?…
Question: Is using pornography a mortal sin, according to the Catholic Church? Answer: Pornography is objectively a grave sin, but due to its addictive nature and other factors, it likely does not constitute a mortal…
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Breaking the Shackles: 2024 Scholarship Finalist
“Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin,…
“Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birthto death.” James 1:15 Among young men, pornography is perhaps the most widespread and damaging addiction in the…
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How Porn Leads to Anger—and Vice Versa
Many people who struggle with pornography also struggle with anger. What’s the…
Many people who struggle with pornography also struggle with anger. What’s the connection? The first thing to understand is that anger itself is not a sin. The Bible recognizes that, in itself, anger is just…
