Epsiode 14 - Going Through Pornography Addiction with My Spouse: (3 Things That Helped Me Heal)

In this episode, I’m going to talk about one of the worst days of my life, my first wedding anniversary. It also happened to be the same day my daughter Christa was placed on hospice care, and the night my husband deeply betrayed me by viewing pornography. I’m going to give you 3 things that helped me heal from it, in case you are going through this as well, or maybe someone you know is.

First, I want to mention a statistic. According to restoring hearts counseling, 77% of Christian men between 18-30 years old look at pornography at least monthly. 36% of those men view it on a daily basis.

Reading that hurts my heart. If you’re going through an issue with your spouse involving pornography, I hope that helps you see it’s not just your spouse. Don’t take his viewing pornography personally. It’s not your fault.

It doesn’t make it right, but our culture has normalized viewing pornography, and most men started viewing it at a young age. The problem with pornography being normalized is by the time someone wakes up to the fact that it’s wrong, they’ve already become addicted.

Most likely, your spouse won’t be able to quit and change overnight. After years of viewing that stuff, the neural pathways in his brain have been changed. The good news is, that they CAN be changed, so there is hope for overcoming the addiction.

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