Pamela Anderson—as in the former Playboy model and actress—just cowrote an article for the Wall Street Journal entitled, Take the Pledge: No More Indulging Porn. I know, I’m in shock too. At first I thought it was a joke. But it isn’t. Here are 5 powerful things she and her coauthor Rabbi Boteach had to say […]
About every week I will receive a text or email from someone asking me to respond to a recent article that claims to debunk porn addiction. Here are a few such articles: Your Porn Addiction Isn’t Real, Your Brain on Porn – It’s NOT Addictive, Is ‘porn addiction’ a real thing?, There’s No Such Thing As Porn Addiction, […]
“Where do I start? Are there any go-to resources you recommend?” These are questions I’m often asked by those plagued by pornography: by individuals struggling, the spouses of addicts, or parents wanting to protect their children. The following are 20 book recommendations. 20 books the porn industry wishes were never written: five for individuals, five […]
If you haven’t yet subscribed to our podcast on iTunes, do that here. You are not going to want to miss an episode! I recently sat down with Damon Owens to discuss our innate and irrepressible desire for love and how porn is the destroyer of love. We talk about why this is the case […]
We here at Integrity Restored are so deeply appreciative for the recent pastoral letter the United States Catholic Bishops released, Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography. The letter is unambiguous about the damage—both spiritual and otherwise—that pornography is wreaking upon our country. At the same time, it is profoundly merciful to those of […]
For many wives, discovering that their husband has been looking at porn can be traumatizing. According to Barbara Steffens and Marsha Means, authors of the book Your Sexually Addicted Spouse, 70 percent of wives dealing with spousal betrayal fit the criteria for PTSD. That’s right, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Steffens explains, “Once disclosure happens, and […]
I suppose it’s not entirely surprising, given my line of work, that my seven year old son should ask me, “Dad, what’s pornography?” But it was. Especially since he asked me in front of a female friend of ours who was driving the three of us on an errand. “What’s that, mate?” I asked. Knowing […]
The following is an interview I had with Fr. Sean Kilcawley of the diocese of Lincoln, NE. Fr. Sean discusses how priests can better assist those who turn to them for help in breaking free from porn. Image via Flickr, CC 2.0, Logo added.
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