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3 Things to Say — and Not Say — After You Admit Your Porn Addiction

After admitting your pornography addiction to your wife, you need to rebuild trust. Lots of men say the wrong thing. This guide will help you know what you should say and what you shouldn’t.

How We Finally Won the Battle Against Pornography

Michelle’s fiance admitted he had a problem with pornography. After they married, she thought the addiction was in the past, but he kept relapsing. This is Michelle’s story of hurt, help and hope.

Restoring Trust After a Confession of Pornography Addiction

Healing a marriage after the damage of a pornography addiction is no simple matter. A healthy marriage requires deep commitment from both spouses. And to heal a broken marriage, both must take action.

Use of Pornography Among Tweens and Teens

As much as we’d like think of our children as innocent, we parents need to become aware of the widespread use of pornography among tweens and teens.

How Explicit Content Affects Your Child’s Future

Unfortunately, there are negative effects of porn for your child’s future. Here is some advice about how to help your child prepare for their future.

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The Problems of Pornography: Sexual Dysfunction and Beyond

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is not new, but ED is no longer occurring only in middle-aged and older men. Many men with ED are under 40. Research suggests this might be the result of pornography addiction.

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How Pornography Prevents Intimacy in Your Marriage

Does viewing pornography as a couple enhance intimacy in marriage? Marital sexuality is to be exclusive. So, pornography not only decreases true intimacy in marriage but actually prevents it.

When Your Husband Confesses Addiction to Pornography

Meg was devastated by her husband’s confession, but her response initiated a new level of intimacy with God for her. Now she ministers to women devastated by their husbands’ poor sexual choices.

What You Need to Know About Your Husband’s Porn Confession

Relational problems often get worse before they get better. Some husbands wait weeks after the discovery of porn use before they admit to additional bad behavior. Here’s what wives need to know.

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5 Reasons to Tell Your Spouse About Your Porn Problem

You’re ready to quit using pornography. Should you tell your spouse about your struggle? Ask yourself, If I maintain the secret, is that really the intimacy I’ve always longed for in my marriage?

How To Tell Your Spouse About Your Porn Problem

How do you tell your spouse about your porn addiction? More often than not, the best choice is to meet with a professional and let him or her walk you through this process.

Should You Tell Your Spouse About Your Porn Problem?

Counselors have seen that the major benefits of truth-telling are worth enduring the challenges. Before you tell your spouse about your secret past, you have to admit a few things to yourself.  

How a Pastor Overcame Pornography and Used It for Good

This is the story of one pastor’s battle for sexual integrity and how God helped him overcome pornography so he could help people with similar struggles. God transforms us so we might help others.

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8 Warning Signs That Your Fiance Is Addicted to Pornography

Most spouses have no idea the person they married was addicted to pornography before marriage. In almost every case there were red flags the fiances could have seen if they’d known what to look for.

A Porn Addict’s Wife: Feeling Inadequate and Unwanted

Karen was raised in a dysfunctional home where family members did not discuss issues. But as painful as talking about her husband’s use of pornography was, Karen simply could not ignore it.

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Resources to Help You Fight Pornography Addiction

Many options exist for people wanting to break free from sexual compulsions. Are they equally effective? How do secular approaches differ from Christian approaches? Is a recovery group necessary?

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Your Son Will See Inappropriate Content

Equip your son to stay pure in a world full of sexual imagery.

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Pornography and Your Marriage

Many men believe that viewing pornography is, at worst, a private sin with consequences that affect only them. But pornography is in fact a sin that harms the most intimate of relationships — marriage.

Man looking at his phone in bed while his wife sleeps next to him

Erosive Influence of Porn Upon Husbands

It’s when work life and family life are at their peak — and at times at each other’s throats. Many men turn to porn during these exhaustive years as an illicit pick-me-up.

A troubled couple sits apart in a bedroom, both appearing distressed, illustrating the impact of pornography on relationships.

The Impact of Pornography on Marital Sex

One of the devastating effects of pornography and other sexually explicit material is that it sabotages the ability to enjoy normal sex.