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I PROUDLY admit that I watch pornography.
A word for married men: One key to keeping your wife beautiful in your eyes, even into old age, is to guard those eyes from straying and ogling at other women. Your wife owns your eyes; keep them on her. Stay away from pornography and from ogling scantily dressed women on the street. Prayer to the Blessed Mother will help. I had many failures as a single man. By God’s grace, and only by His grace, I was brought to chastity. My marriage benefitted greatly as a result. Gentlemen, it’s worth it. (from a guy married 35+ blessed years and loving every minute of it).
“And a study published in 2007 of persons exhibiting severe sexual addiction produced almost identical results to the cocaine, methamphetamine, and obesity studies”. This fact doesn’t directly infer that watching porn erodes your frontal lobes of your brain as severe sexual addiction is not equivalent to watching porn.
This dude looks like he needs to jerk off immediately
You Christians are truly a bunch of unnecessary ‘saviours’. If people want to watch porn, let them watch porn, and focus on being better people. So many Christians engage in premarital sex and affairs and still have the audacity to declare their piety before all lesser beings to see. Get over yourselves.
Great article thank you
They well know what it is. Debase and destroys traditional relationships.
When asked why j ews were so prevalent in the porn industry Porn icon and mogul Al Goldstein of Screw Inc said ” the only reason j ews are in pornography is because Catholicism sucks. Christ sucks”
Great post! So I guess all these urges make us revert to a less mature stage. To be free from all the worldly needs, natural wants, indulging in luxury, has been the ultimate way to free your mind. Buddha teaches the same thing.
So maybe all those old monks and hermits were trying to explain the common man how to use their brain and live effectively, but in layman’s terms.
When you throw “racism” in there early on you throw your credibility out the window at the same time. Won’t be back here.
Please make even a rudimentary attempt to grow up.
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I Forgot to mention the addition of three Hail Mary’s with intention of PURITY each day pulls one out of this hole! I speak from experience 😉
Please don’t mention “pulling out” and “holes.” Those are my porn trigger words.
Are there any copyrights to this article, or is it allowed to translate it to another language and than publish it on another web page?
Thanks, no further help needed. I saw FAQ
I consider my KofC Hall to be a proper “Gentleman’s Club” We meet, conduct business, and afterwards have a few drinks and play cards. The only G-string involved is musical.
I am in full support of this article. Porn has corrupted society into believing horrible things about what love and relationship entails. However, I argue that the use of referring the cognitive and physiological changes that occur with prolonged porn use as ‘child-like’ is not appropriate to the true meaning of the article. When one thinks of child-like things innocence and potential come to mind. I think a more appropriate use would be that porn use reverts our brains to a more primitive state of development, that of an earlier stage in life, not necessarily child-like.
I had the same thought. Besides that one quibble, I think this article is excellent.
Great post Matt! There is a similar feeling among the ‘manliness’ bloggers. Here is a link to ‘The Art of Manliness’ 3 part article series dissecting porn and its effects on men.
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/10/06/men-and-porn-an-introduction/
I highly recommend it as it really help me understand my own cravings with porn and gave me insight on how to tackle my urges – along with a lot of prayer, confession and support from friends.
Tom – it absolutely can be fixed, but it won’t happen overnight. It’s a day by day, even hour by hour, process. But know that you’re not alone and that there are so many others struggling each and everyday to make the right choice. Be strong brother!
Can the damage be fixed? Please somebody confirm that it can be fixed…
Absolutely can be. 5 year, multiple-relapse addict here, who by God’s Grace and God’s Grace alone has been free of porn (and even urges!) for two years now, in a healthy, completely chaste relationship with (God willing) my future wife. The damage CAN be reversed.
Absolutely Tom! See my post below. Also, if you use phone apps often, Matt Frad released a great app to help with your urges called the ‘Victory’ app. It was meant for teenage guys but I use it daily and it really helps.
Good start on getting a better view of a scourge.