As I look back on almost seven years of treating wives of sex addicts I can only think of one who said her husband didn’t have serious issues with anger. Women share stories of their husbands cursing at the lawn mower in the front yard, throwing parts to an entertainment…
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Did I Just Lust After That Woman?
Not too long ago I received an e-mail asking a specific question about lust. The man asked: Hey Luke, Personally, God brought me to a brick wall some years back with my porn addiction, and showed me that it had had to end, period. It felt like God hit me…
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Porn Users Have Smaller Brains
According to a new German study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry, there is a significant correlation between higher consumption of porn and a lower amount of grey matter in your brain. It isn’t clear from the study if one phenomenon causes the other. Are those born…
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Sexual Sanity for Women (Book Review)
When I was asked to review Sexual Sanity for Women, I was far less than excited. As a woman who battled pornography addiction, I know the frustration of trying to find resources to help me. At first there were none, and then the men’s resources were just reprinted more gender…
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Hypofrontality: How Using Porn Destroys Your Willpower
Hypofrontality isn’t a word you see every day—but it might hold the secret to why you keep looking at porn. Neuroscience now knows that willpower is a function of the prefrontal lobes of the brain. Scientific studies have also confirmed that using porn over and over actually reshapes these areas of the…
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Getting Sober in Just 30 Years
Recovery materials are replete with books on how to find sexual sobriety. The “how-to” resources are almost limitless. Google “kicking the porn habit” and you will find dozens of articles on ways to find sobriety in seven, 30, 40, or 90 days. Sadly, what you rarely find is something on…
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10 Amazing Resources for Talking to Kids About Porn
Talking to kids about porn sounds, at the very least, like an awkward conversation. Even parents aware of the dangers of pornography are often unsure how to approach the topic in an age-appropriate way. Finding and reading books about how to do so can be equally challenging. But, in this…
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“Help! My Wife Is Addicted to Porn!” What Husbands Need to Know
If you are a husband who just discovered your wife is addicted to porn, you are likely dealing with feelings of grief, betrayal, and confusion. Betrayal is one of the most devastating experiences in a marriage. When a person finds out their spouse has been unfaithful, they may spiral into…
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9 Ways That Porn Affects Your Mental Health and Well-Being
What’s the connection between watching pornography and mental health? Does any of this sound like you? If you look at porn regularly, or even occasionally, this could quite likely be a major factor in these feelings or experiences. A common misconception is that porn doesn’t hurt anyone. And while there…
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Not a Single Person in the World Knew About My Addiction
Everyone has heard pornography called an addiction, but not everyone understands what that means. It’s not like a substance addiction, where you start to feel physical effects. It’s not like a sugar addiction, where you get sudden and strong cravings. Instead, porn addiction is constantly there, endlessly reminding you of…
