Tuesday, August 24, 2010

The 7 Facts About Porn Addiction That Destroys A Healthy Marriage

By Kisa Puckett

The addiction to pornography in marriages today is running rampant! It has nearly deteriorated what was once a Healthy Marriage and made it into a living nightmare.

There are nearly 68 million search requests completed everyday regarding pornographic content. And equally devastating, there are approximately 4.2 million pornographic websites online, which makes up about 12% of the total sites online.

There are 7 facts about pornography and by understanding them, you are able to begin establishing an action plan to remove this very toxic problem from your marriage and acquire a Healthy Marriage in its place.

These 7 Facts are:

- Deeper issues such as, past sexual abuse, self esteem issues, loneliness etc., are many times the reason for pornography use

- Many use it to avoid intimacy with their spouse

- Viewing pornography greatly increases the possibility of becoming addicted and/or causing conflict in the marriage because of unrealistic sexual expectations

- Anger, anxiety, guilt, shame and oppressed memories are common problems that the user will struggle with consistently.

- Most have there first encounter with pornography in Jr High School

- Preteens begin viewing it out of curiosity which immediately escalates to viewing it for the purposes of releasing hormonal tension

- Males predominately made up the number of users, but now statistics show that there are an increasing number of women users too

By learning the facts about pornography use you can now put together an action plan to remove it from your marriage. Creating a Healthy Marriage starts with removing the dark side that has intruded. The marriage bed is to remain sacred in marriage and is God's desire.

Taking the necessary steps to eliminating this in your marriage is no easy task, but by realizing these truths, it makes it a little easier to move forward with a plan of recovery and a shot at achieving a Healthy Marriage. The truth is always where healing begins. Take hold of it and begin moving forward with an action plan of success.

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