Most Recent Posts in Defeat Lust & Pornography
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Every Time I Confess My Sin is a Victory
Throughout high school, I struggled with porn and masturbation. I knew it…
Throughout high school, I struggled with porn and masturbation. I knew it was a problem, but at the time I cared about my pleasure and satisfaction. I felt guilt and shame, but that just led…
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Fight Fear With Freedom
I am going on just shy of a year free from online…
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…
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The Right Way to Quit Porn
Is there a right or wrong way to quit porn? Actually, yes.…
Is there a right or wrong way to quit porn? Actually, yes. You might have a sense of this if you’ve tried to stop before and failed. If that’s you, keep reading. What’s the worst…
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Quitting Porn Cold Turkey
So, you’ve decided that you need to get porn out of your…
So, you’ve decided that you need to get porn out of your life. Is it smart to quit cold turkey? If you’re just trying to power through the impulse to look at porn until it…
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I’m Thankful for the Beauty of Vulnerability
When I reach the end of my life, I want to be…
When I reach the end of my life, I want to be able to say that no matter what happens, I strive to live each day with integrity. To me, this means matching my actions…
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How Forgiveness Heals You
Behind our wounds are people and events that caused that pain. Part…
Behind our wounds are people and events that caused that pain. Part of the healing process is accepting that bad things have happened to you and forgiving those who harmed you. However, learning to forgive…
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Porn Made Me Hate Everything—Until I Found Freedom
I have struggled with pornography since I was 15 years old. It…
I have struggled with pornography since I was 15 years old. It started as curiosity and a natural hormonal shift that we all have as humans, but it quickly turned into an issue that lasted…
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What Is Considered Porn?
Covenant Eyes exists to help people overcome pornography—but what do we mean…
Covenant Eyes exists to help people overcome pornography—but what do we mean by “pornography”? Judge Potter Stewart, in Jacobellis v. Ohio, famously wrote that while he couldn’t give an intelligible definition of pornography, “I know…
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Out of the Abyss: How Empathy Led to Freedom
Stuck. That’s how I felt. Stuck in an infinite abyss at the…
Stuck. That’s how I felt. Stuck in an infinite abyss at the bottom of a deep, dark well. Stuck in the cycle of: Each time I looped through that cycle, I found myself digging deeper…
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Porn and Doubt: Why Porn Hurts Christians’ Faith
Watching pornography may lead you to doubt your faith. This is what…
Watching pornography may lead you to doubt your faith. This is what a 2017 sociological study concluded, and many Covenant Eyes members have expressed the same thing. Let’s take a closer look at the relationship…