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The Importance of Vulnerability in Fighting Pornography Addiction

You can’t keep hiding. You can’t kick the habit on your own; no one can. If you really want to be free, you’re going to have to open up to others. You’re going to have to learn to be vulnerable.

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What If Your Child Sees Inappropriate Content Online?

You have done everything you can to protect your children from the horrors of the world. Sometimes the best you can do, is help them through it.

A man hides his face in shame from a computer screen in a dark room. People may use sex and pornography to activate a “pleasure system high” that can lead to a deeper progression of porn addiction.

The Progression of Porn Addiction

Addition to pornography follows a certain progression: early exposure, addiction, escalation, desensitization and acting out sexually. Here’s how you can break the chain.

Effects of Porn Addiction

Effects of Porn Addiction on a Teen Brain

Unfortunately, the effects of pornography negatively impact our teenagers in more ways than we might realize. But there’s hope for parents hoping to help their teens overcome pornography addiction

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Seven Strategies to Help Teens Quit Using Explicit Media

Even though pornography is everywhere, you can help your teen learn how to quit watching porn with these strategies.

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Responding to Your Husband’s Secret: Porn

When you discover that your husband has been hiding a sexual sin like pornography, it will be difficult to hear — but I encourage you to allow your heart to fully grieve.

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Mommy Porn

Just as pornographic images have the potential to ruin a man’s ability to love in real life, so too, a written form of pornography has the potential to ruin a woman’s ability to love in real life.

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How to Forgive Your Spouse When It’s Not Easy

The Bible tells us to forgive unconditionally, but it doesn’t say we are to forget immediately. Sometimes it takes time to rebuild the trust that’s been lost.

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Help Your Teen Overcome Overwhelming and Powerful Sexual Thoughts

We can look at statistics all day, but the true stories that impact real people often contain the deepest impact. In a moment, we’ll follow the paths of two young men who recall their experiences, which are affected by the navigation of sexual thoughts. As you read, consider how you might process these situations, your …

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Erotica, Women and Marriage

We may stereotypically think of sexual temptation as a man’s problem, but women are not immune to the lure of romance depicted in new and graphic forms of entertainment.

Traveling Toward Marital Intimacy

Though there is overlap, husbands and wives tend to take two unique paths toward intimacy. It’s important to understand where they lead and that sometimes we may have to force ourselves onto them.

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What if I Only Suspect a Problem?

What you should be worried about are signs that your spouse’s use is getting out of control.

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Finding Freedom from Erotica

How can you break free from the entrapment of erotica? Here are five steps.

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Black and White vs. Shades of Grey

If God’s Word is clear about some basic black-and-white sexual issues, what’s a believer to do with the shades of grey that are redefining sex in our culture?

A man looks down at the floor in shame as his wife holds her head in her hands in grief and frustration as she sits on the edge of a bed. Pornography use is often symptom of a deeper issue, and using pornography is the way addicts avoid intimacy and cope with emotional pain.

Pornography Addicts Might Be Avoiding True Intimacy

Pornography use is often a symptom of a deeper issue and a way to cope with unresolved pain. The user may be avoiding true intimacy.

A wife comforts her husband, who is holding his head in shame. Here are the top 10 indicators your marriage will survive pornography addiction.

Ten Indicators Your Marriage Will Survive Pornography Addiction

Ultimately, pornography addicts are dependent on God for recovery. Here’s a look at the common signs that married couples will survive a pornography addiction.

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Talking to Kids About Masturbation

Knowing the larger meaning and purpose of human sexuality helps us talk to our kids about masturbation.

A man hugs his grief-stricken wife. Telling the whole truth offers hope and freedom from pron addiction.

The Truth Offers Hope and Freedom from Pornography Addiction

Confessing the whole truth about a pornography addictions offers the best path for healing for a couple. Here are some things to consider in working out that process.

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How Do You Respond to Your Teen’s Suspected Porn Use?

Knowing how to respond to your young teen’s porn use can be overwhelming. Learn how to approach them with grace, patience, and understanding.

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When Love Is Broken: 3 Things to Remember When Your Spouse Breaks Your Trust

After my husband confessed his pornography addiction, I wondered if I could ever love him again. But we fought for love — and won.