“Lord, please don’t let me lose my love for my husband,” I would pray. After years of living with a man with active alcoholism, I felt anything but loving. In fact, I was often in despair, full of fear, grief, and resentment, and on my knees with this prayer on my...
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How Can I Tell My Husband Is Lying? How to Trust a Lust Addict
Jun 12, 2024 | Family, Loved One of an Addict, Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Sex/Pornography | 0 Comments
It was an argument over a grocery order. My husband and I were in the early days of my discovering his lust-driven secret life. Because he did not choose to disclose to me all of his deception at once—a concept called “trickle truth”—it seemed that every time I turned...
Courage to Share: Going to Meetings When the Lust Addict Is Your Spouse
Feb 28, 2024 | Loved One of an Addict, Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Sex/Pornography | 0 Comments
As I entered my first meeting for family and friends of lust addicts, I looked around the room and studied the faces there, wondering if they would understand. After all, I had a secret in addition to how lust addiction was affecting my marriage, but it was such a...
Navigating Triggers: A Compassionate Approach for Adult Children of Dysfunction During the Holidays
Dec 14, 2023 | Adult Children of an Alcoholic, Loved One of an Addict, Spiritual Tools | 0 Comments
The holiday season, often synonymous with family gatherings, can evoke a mix of joy and suffering for adult children of dysfunction. Past wounds may resurface, and triggers linked to family dynamics might cast shadows over the festivities. Below are a few key...
Why Doesn’t He Want Me? Rejection in the Lust-affected Marriage
Oct 11, 2023 | Family, Loved One of an Addict, Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Sex/Pornography | 0 Comments
We still hadn’t even finished writing out the thank you notes for the wedding gifts when the effects of my husband’s lust addiction first hit hard. We had been married for less than three months. It was a rainy Friday night, and I’d made it home from work first. I’d...
Embracing Boundaries: Lessons from Saint Thérèse of Lisieux for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Homes
Oct 4, 2023 | Adult Children of an Alcoholic, Help from the Saints, Loved One of an Addict, Saints—On Earth & in Heaven | 0 Comments
For Adult Children of Dysfunctional Homes, the journey of healing is often paved with the need to establish and maintain healthy boundaries. These boundaries are not merely about self-preservation; they are about fostering an environment where love, compassion, and...
Words to Know: Vocabulary for Lust Addict’s Family and Friends
Sep 27, 2023 | Loved One of an Addict, Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Sex/Pornography | 0 Comments
The night I visited my first meeting for family and friends of lust addicts, I heard so many new terms in the space of that hour that, for a second, I wondered if I’d landed on another planet. None of the words were exactly foreign, but the folks in that meeting used...
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Lust Addiction and the Catholic Marriage
Sep 13, 2023 | Family, Loved One of an Addict, Pornography & Sexual Addiction, Sex/Pornography | 0 Comments
I remember being at a Catholic spirituality conference the summer before I got married. The conference included a time of Eucharistic adoration, and so in the silence of that space, I did what any faithful Catholic fiancée would do and opened up to God about my fears....
Acceptance: A Journey of Recovery as an Adult Child of Dysfunction
Sep 6, 2023 | Adult Children of an Alcoholic, Loved One of an Addict | 0 Comments
Growing up amidst the turbulence of alcoholism and dysfunction, my instinctive urge for control was born from a longing for stability. As I navigate this journey of healing, I am discovering that true liberation springs not only from acceptance but from surrendering...
Forgiving and Letting Go: How to Heal from Familial Past Wounds in ACDH
Aug 2, 2023 | Adult Children of an Alcoholic, Family, Loved One of an Addict, Spiritual Tools | 0 Comments
Growing up as an adult child of a dysfunctional home (ACDH) can leave lasting emotional scars. One of the most challenging aspects of our journey to healing is confronting painful relationships with controlling, manipulative, and abusive family members. That is why...