Nurse Heidi Olson’s voice carries a caring and kind tenor, but her horror stories are heartbreaking and set in homes that look a lot like yours and mine. Children influenced by pornography are sexually assaulting other children, said Olson, a sexual assault nurse examiner who works with children only. This…
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Sexual Brokenness in the Church: A Pastor and Sex-Addict Speaks Out
Sundays had always been challenging for me. But they became excruciating. By the time I blew up my life, every Sunday morning after awaking I spent a full hour trying to muster the courage to get out of bed. I usually felt sick. As I prepared to go to church…
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“At face value, Covenant Eyes does exactly what it promises to do: it helps me live a life free from pornography. However, I have come to see Covenant Eyes particularly as something that provides me with two essential tools in fighting against the lure of pornography and finding healing in…
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Striving, Falling, and Getting Back Up: Persevering Against Porn
I have been struggling with a masturbation addiction since I was about 12 years old. I am 29 now. Even when I am not watching (or listening also in my case) any form of pornography, the tendency to return to compulsive masturbation is there. In the past, I couldn’t make…
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Pornography Leads to Impotence
I highly recommend taking a look at Judith Reisman’s September article, “The Impotence Pandemic.” It has long been touted by relationship therapists that a little pornography can spice up our sex lives. It is believed that male impotence is caused by a mere lack of visual stimulation: add a little…
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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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5 Simple (But Essential) Reasons to Stop Watching Porn Today
“I didn’t think it would end like this. I didn’t think it would go so far.” He sat there broken and exposed, and whispered the words through tears and gritted teeth. I had worked with people suffering from pornography addiction very closely for the past three years, but I hadn’t…
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My Integrity Is Not for Sale: Living With Integrity in an Immoral World
There are some statements that stick better in my mind than others. One statement that caught my attention years ago from a pastoral mentor: “My integrity is not for sale.” When I first heard this statement, I was puzzled. Over time, I began to grasp the significance. My mentor was…
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How to Restore Your Self-Worth After Competing with Pixels
It happened again just last week. In a support group I facilitate for wives of sex addicts, a new client said, with shock resonating, “I just don’t get it. You all are such beautiful, intelligent, amazing women!” As a betrayal trauma recovery coach, I know this experience like the back…
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Generation XXX: Pornography Habits of College Students
Episode 143 [powerpress] Recent surveys indicate 63% of Millennial men (18-30 years old) view porn at least several times a week; 21% of women the same age say the same about their porn use. With so much porn being consumed so readily, pornography has become the norm. How do college students…