Answering Porn Recovery FAQ: Recovering Spouse | Ep. 650
Awesome Marriage Podcast
Dr. Kim Kimberling
4.9 • 802 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
If porn has damaged your marriage, healing is possible. And you are not alone…This is unfortunately a common issue we hear from couples about. So today on the podcast, we’re answering listener questions about healing and recovery from pornography in marriage. We’ll talk about the need for forgiveness, what to do when a spouse cannot forgive and move on, how to rebuild trust, and practical strategies to combat temptation.
Listen for practical ways to engage in healing and recovery for you and your marriage. We pray this episode is helpful for you and your marriage.
Episode highlights include:
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What to do if a spouse can’t forgive past porn use
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How to make a plan for dealing with temptation.
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Necessary steps in the trust-rebuilding process
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Help to understand the impact on a wife’s self-image
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How shame and isolation impact recovery
*Music for this podcast is created by Noah Copeland. Check him out here!
Couples Conversation Guide:
Main takeaway: Porn use can really damage the trust in marriage, but recovery is possible. Learn how and do what it takes to rebuild trust and does not
Questions to Discuss:
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What are the areas of vulnerability in your marriage?
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How can you make a plan to protect your marriage where you need it most?
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Is there anything you need to come clean about with your spouse? Do it today.
QUOTES
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“The things a spouse needs to do for recovery are good for them AND good for the marriage. It really works together.” Lindsay Few
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“Most men I talk to have no idea how devastating their p*rn use was for their wife.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
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“It’s so important to have a plan in place.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
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“Remember that temptation itself is not sin. It’s what you do once you are tempted.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
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“You can use temptation as a red flag to drive you toward things that are good for you.” - Dr. Kim Kimberling
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“God doesn’t want us stuck in shame, but the enemy sure does.” - Lindsay Few
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
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Podcast episode:
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We mentioned this episode with Matt Cline
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Other helpful episodes: How to Regain Trust With Your Spouse After Porn | Ep. 561
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Sign up for the Free 5 Steps to Healing After Porn Betrayal to learn the steps you need to take to live a marriage undefiled and experience closeness and intimacy again
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations and practical advice on how to build an awesome marriage. |
| 0:09.7 | I am your podcast producer and co-host, Lindsay Few. On the show will be our host Dr. Kim Kimberly. |
| 0:17.0 | Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years. |
| 0:21.6 | His passion is to help you strengthen your most intimate relationship. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast. |
| 0:29.9 | We are so glad you're joining us today. |
| 0:31.4 | I am your podcast co-host, Lindsay Few, and in this studio with me is Dr. Kim Kim Kim, |
| 0:36.7 | and Dr. Kim has been a marriage counselor for 40 plus |
| 0:39.7 | years, and he's been married for over 54 years. So he is the man for the job. And good thing, |
| 0:45.4 | because today we have a lot of listener questions to answer. We've got a lot of questions from listeners |
| 0:49.3 | about how to forgive and restore your marriage after your marriage has been damaged by porn use. |
| 0:55.5 | So if you're recovering from a porn addiction or from the use of porn today, this episode is for you. |
| 1:01.2 | Unfortunately, it's a pretty common issue that we hear about, but the good news is that we have |
| 1:05.5 | created several practical tools to help you heal and recover and move forward. |
| 1:10.7 | So make sure you stick around through the end of today's episode to make sure you get |
| 1:13.7 | access to all of those resources after we answer listener questions. |
| 1:17.7 | So Dr. Kim, are you ready? |
| 1:19.4 | I am ready. |
| 1:20.9 | All right. |
| 1:21.3 | We got a lot of questions for you. |
| 1:22.7 | So the first one we have is from a listener who says, my wife does not want to seek counseling and cannot |
| 1:29.5 | forgive me for my porn use. I attend a men's group with addictions. How can I deal with |
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