Posted on January 31st, 2011 by mormonwomen
Briana shares the following poem with us, and also shares some of what she has learned about trials and about the Lord’s love. Background on the poem: My life has been full of doctor visits and health issues. I have had five open heart surgeries in the nineteen years that I’ve been alive. Just recently [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2011 by Michelle
Editor’s note: We want to give special thanks to all those who contributed to our series this past week on pornography addiction. Over the course of the next weeks and months, we’ll continue to share more stories and resources on the topic. In the meantime, we’re back to our regular rhythm of sharing content on [...]
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Posted on January 30th, 2011 by mormonwomen
We want to make it easier to find content about the topic of pornography addiction. Below find a list of the personal stories that have been shared at Mormon Women: Who We Are on this topic. Find links to stories on other websites as well. (If you have a story to share or a link [...]
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Posted on January 29th, 2011 by mormonwomen
We are grateful to Diony for sharing her experience of dealing with her husband’s porn addiction. Hers is an example of how sometimes pornography has so much of a grip that a marriage cannot be saved, but again, we see the message about how walking with and turning to God can make healing possible. (She is now happily [...]
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Posted on January 27th, 2011 by mormonwomen
Today, Sara shares her story about the journey she and her husband have been on as they have faced his pornography addiction. They have made the choice to share their story with the hope that it can help others in a similar situation not feel so alone. She also testifies that because God is there, [...]
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Posted on January 27th, 2011 by mormonwomen
Last September, a new initiative called Out in the Light was launched to help women who are affected by a pornography addiction of a spouse or loved one. Rachelle Call was one of the women featured in the documentary that kicked off this initiative. She’s created recovery music to capture what she’s learned (see music [...]
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Posted on January 26th, 2011 by mormonwomen
We are reminded that although we often talk about pornography being a male problem, an increasing number of women are being caught in the snare of pornography. Below, two Mormon women share their experiences with confronting and overcoming their pornography addictions.
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Posted on January 25th, 2011 by mormonwomen
Bethany and her husband made a decision together to share their story about his pornography addiction, how it has affected their lives, and how they are working toward healing. Bethany writes:
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Posted on January 24th, 2011 by mormonwomen
Editor’s note: Yesterday, we introduced Rhyll and Steven Croshaw in an introduction to a series of posts we’ll be featuring this week: Healing from Pornography Addiction: Hope for Addicts, Spouses. They talk of a painting, “Gently Up the Stream,” that has become the symbol of how they have found healing, both individually and as a [...]
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Posted on January 23rd, 2011 by mormonwomen
“Gently Up the Stream” – © 2003 by Linda J Curley Christensen Used by permission of the artist. This week, we will be devoting several posts to helping the many people whose lives have been affected by the plague of pornography addiction. Much of our focus will be to reach out to women whose husbands [...]
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