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, you can do that here. In this episode of the Integrity Restored podcast I interview a survivor of sexual trafficking, Anna Ptak, about the link between porn and sex trafficking. You can follow her on Twitter here. To learn more about the link between porn and sex […]
If you haven’t yet subscribed to our podcast, you can do that here. In this episode of the Integrity Restored podcast I interview Pat Trueman, president of the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) based in Washington, D.C. We discuss the following victories that have taken place against the porn industry. I’ll list them here without context. […]
We’re giving away 30 copies of How to Talk to Your Kids About Pornography! Enter the raffle at the bottom of this page. Never before has it been so easy to talk with your children or teens about tough topics. Whether they are 8 or 18, you will have worthwhile, relevant discussions that help protect and […]
You know there’s something super interesting and important going on when almost three million young people from around the world travel thousands of miles to participate. I am referring to World Youth Day (WYD). Participation in a WYD takes sacrifice, including leaving behind family and friends during the best days of the summer months. They leave behind their work […]
Many people don’t realize how pornography affects relationships. They view it simply as an exciting form of “adult entertainment.” Both men and women are unaware of how using pornography can hurt their relationships. One of the primary ways porn affects relationships is that it redefines sex. According to our Catholic faith, sex is a wonderful […]
Today, as a Church we celebrate the Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, a priest who even priests look up to and ask for his intercession. In case you don’t know anything about Alphonsus, he founded a Religious Congregation of Men known as the Redemptorists. Throughout his life he preached the Gospel of mercy passionately, and […]
Discovering one’s husband is a porn addict is extremely painful. For many wives, this deep pain is actually the result of a deep emotional traumatic wound. We call this Betrayal Trauma. Trauma is typically defined as an occurrence wherein an individual sees or experiences a risk to their own life or physical safety or that […]
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