There is no end to the groups available for porn addicts and sex addicts. The five major groups based on the 12-step method are SA, SAA, SLAA, SCA, and SRA. All of these sexual addiction recovery groups have adapted the famous 12 Steps to their purposes, but there are some underlying differences among…
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How Boundaries Helped Heal Our Marriage: Robin and Dave’s Story, Part 2
My wife Robin and I have been on a 15-year journey of recovery from the damage caused by my addiction to pornography, strip clubs, and masturbation. The shame of my 20-year relationship with pornography during our marriage led me to keep many secrets. As I dodged my wife’s questions and…
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Dr. Lina Abujamra’s Thoughts on Sex and Shame
Lina Abujamra is a pediatric E.R. doctor. She’s now the founder of Living with Power Ministries. She’s a popular Bible teacher, podcaster, and conference speaker. She’s also the author of several books. She provides medical care and humanitarian relief to Syrian refugees and in other areas that are hurting. Her…
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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 our lives. Even in the innocence of childhood, we were subtly taught to treat everything sexual differently. We learned special names for our “private parts.” We were told not to touch or talk about those parts of our…
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Kristen Clark on Sexual Struggles, Freedom in Christ, and Redefining Womanhood | Girl Defined
🎙️ Guest: Kristen Clark, Co-Founder of Girl Defined In this powerful and vulnerable conversation, Karen Potter sits down with Kristen Clark—author, speaker, and co-founder of Girl Defined Ministries—to talk about her personal battle with secret sexual sin and how God brought her into freedom and flourishing. Kristen shares her experience…
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Porn Use as Grounds for Divorce: How My Opinion Changed
“I am hurting so much over this…If I believed in divorce I would already have done it, and I am beginning to maybe believe divorce is ok. After all, this seems like a type of adultery to me. Am I wrong?” – Mary Ann After writing more than 1,200 articles for…
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10 Tips for Staying Porn-Free While Traveling
From the bathroom of our suite, I heard my wife scream out. She had flipped on the TV and just channeled down. The large flat-screen pulsated with hardcore pornography. Graphic sex was one click away at the resort we were staying at. We had been in our room for less…
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How Loneliness Fuels the Cycle of Porn Use (Part 3)
In the previous two posts of this series, we discussed the epidemic of loneliness, and how social isolation affects millions in America. We looked at the mounting body of research demonstrating how our isolation can have serious emotional and physical consequences and, in some extreme cases, can even be deadly.…
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3 Ways to Help Young People Stop Coping With Porn
I grew up in a family that was disconnected emotionally and relationally. At an early age, I learned to hide what I was thinking and feeling from others. I felt that the challenges of each day were up to me to deal with on my own. I began to experience…
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How to Explain Lust to Your Children
How do we teach our children to avoid pornography and damaging sexual situations, while teaching that sex is good and was created by God? I have found it helps to remember that children’s first encounter with sexuality on a personal level is through feelings, not physical acts. God designed us…
