21: Religious Shame and Porn Addiction

Religious shame and porn addiction go hand-in-hand. Why? Because they are two sides of the same coin. We often see addiction as an isolated incident: an issue all its own. We think that if we can just abstain from porn then we’ll eventually lose our desire for it. We also think, “If I just have enough sex with my wife, then I won’t want porn.” After nearly a decade of my own recovery, and working with other addicts, I can tell you that both of these lines of reasoning ...