A week or so ago I received an e-mail from a man whose wife passed away recently. They had been married for nearly 40 years. In his loneliness, he says, he fantasizes about times of intimacy with his wife and masturbates. He knows it would be wrong to fantasize about anyone else,…
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Resources for Wives of Porn Addicts
If your husband looks at porn, you know firsthand the pain, frustration, and confusion that this can inflict. You are not alone. Ever since our blog was launched in 2008, we’ve written hundreds of articles and conducted many interviews for women who are married to porn addicts. Below are some…
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Why Marital Sex Is Better Than Porn
The following is an excerpt from our free e-book, The Porn Circuit: Understand Your Brain and Break Porn Habits in 90 Days. The pornified brain sounds a lot like Mick Jagger; it can’t get no satisfaction. On the surface it sounds absurd. Pornography offers endless opportunities for arousal. If a…
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5 Common Questions Kids Ask About Porn
One of my jobs at Covenant Eyes is to read all of the comments that people leave on this blog. Sometimes, I receive comments and questions from kids who feel all alone and don’t know who to talk to. If you’re a kid and you’re reading this, have you ever…
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Biblical Resources Here are some of our top biblically-based resources for defeating lust and temptation. The Best App to Defeat Lust and Pornography Victory by Covenant Eyes® allows people to be open and honest about their digital life, instead of feeling like they have something to hide.
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Why won’t God take my sexual desire away?
My name is Patricia Weerakoon, and I am a Christian sexologist. After 23 years in the University of Sydney, I retired from my academic position as director of a graduate program in sexual health to bring my twin passions together: God and Sex. What better place to start than with…
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4 Reasons Women Struggle to Be Honest About Their Sexual Sin
Being honest about my past struggles with sexual sin and masturbation wasn’t easy. In fact, I didn’t want to be honest about it. I didn’t want to confess it. I wanted to shove those struggles into the deepest darkest corner of my life, never to be seen again. But I knew that…
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How Pain Leads to Porn
Porn was Dan’s anesthetic, numbing his wounds and relieving the ache of unmet desires. As a skinny kid who felt unattractive, Dan Wobschall’s gaze would fall to the floor or maybe to his shoes when he tried to talk to a girl. He felt inadequate, and the bullies who used…
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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 remember in my 20’s reading about people who were addicted to serial relationships, but I disregarded this notion thinking my struggle was one I could easily overcome if I just put my mind to it—though I never actually…
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Porn-Induced Erectile Dysfunction: The Science, Stats, and Stories of PIED
June is Men’s Health Awareness Month, so it’s time to talk about everybody’s favorite topic: porn-induced erectile dysfunction. “If you are under 40, and not on specific medications, and don’t have a serious medical or psychological condition, your copulatory ED almost certainly arises from performance anxiety or internet porn—or a…
