I never thought my life would have any association with the word pornography. I grew up in a Christian family with my mom, dad, and brother. My childhood was great. We didn’t even have a computer until I was in my college years. My dad never had any objectionable material…
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Godly Self-Care for Wives of Porn Addicts: Crash the Crash
After the traumatic discovery of your partner’s sex addiction, you are likely to become consumed with your significant other. You suddenly feel very unsafe and feel like you don’t know this person with whom you have been sharing your life. You may become an excellent detective as you desperately seek…
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Should I Tell My Wife the Truth About My Porn Addiction?
After his wife had caught him for the third time, Steve came into Heart to Heart Counseling Center and admitted he was trapped in a secret world of pornography and masturbation. In his first counseling session, one major question replayed in his mind. No, the question wasn’t, “How do I…
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7 Questions Wives of Porn Addicts Often Ask (Part 2 of 3)
Ella Hutchinson specializes in counseling wives of sex addicts. In this 3-part blog series, she looks at common questions these wives ask. (Read Part 1 of the series.) #3: Why am I not enough if I am sexually available to him? Beyond the intimacy issue, pornography offers the thrill of…
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Porn Addiction Support Group: How to Find Help When You Need It
For many struggling with porn addiction, a support group is the difference between success and failure. When porn addiction takes hold, it drives people into shame and isolation. We don’t want to talk about struggles with porn, which can lead to secrecy or even lying, which brings deeper shame and…
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When Holidays Aren’t Happy: 4 Ways to Deal with Grief and Porn Addiction
My friend sent me a SOS text the other night. She had discovered a movie on their cable account that she suspected her husband had watched. Her text contained the normal anger and anxiety that many spouses feel when they find their significant other engaging in pornography. But she also…
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5 Horrible Ways to Tell Your Wife About Your Porn Addiction
If you’re reading this, then you’ve probably wrestled with this question many times before: “How do I tell my wife?” When you couldn’t come up with a good answer, you waited. She still doesn’t know. Your attachment to porn is getting worse. When she finds out, it will only hurt…
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My Husband Was a Porn Addict: How He Earned Back My Trust
Ten years ago, we were missionaries in the Solomon Islands, arriving at the goal of our ministry: finishing a New Testament translation in the Arosi language. Ten years ago my husband Andy also had a pretty serious problem with Internet pornography. He described it this way: “Porn was always on…
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Breaking Free from Porn Addiction | Dann Aungst’s Journey to Healing & Hope
Struggling with p*rnography? You’re not alone. In this episode of the Covenant Eyes Podcast, hosts Karen Potter and Theo McManigal sit down with Dann Aungst, founder of Road to Purity and author of From One Addict to Another and 40 Days to Freedom. Dann shares his powerful 30-year journey through…
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Building Trust Despite His Relapses: Hope for Wives of Porn Addicts
This is a story I hear a lot from women: “My husband just can’t seem to kick the habit. We’ve been in this fight for years now. Whenever he gets caught, he seems to feel really badly about it. He’ll do all the right things. He seems really open about…
