We’re excited to begin to feature regular blog posts from a member of Awaken’s men’s recovery community. Our hope is that his posts will encourage and inspire you to believe recovery is possible, and to pursue it every day. Continue reading Step One
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Recovery: A Spouse’s Experience, part 3 – What Life is Like Now
Recovery: A Spouse’s Experience, part 3 – What Life is Like Now
As this is published (in the Fall of 2018), my husband and I have been in recovery for over a year now. If you had told me then what my life would look like today, I wouldn’t have believed you. Continue reading Recovery: A Spouse’s Experience, part 3 – What Life is Like Now
Recovery: A Spouse’s Experience, part 2 – The Road to Recovery
Recovery: A Spouse’s Experience, part 2 – The Road to Recovery
The sickening reality of betrayal can feel hopeless. After years of living in fear and anxiety, connected to my husband’s addiction, I became exhausted. I just couldn’t do it anymore.
Continue reading Recovery: A Spouse’s Experience, part 2 – The Road to Recovery
Recovery: A Spouse’s Experience, part 1 – What Life Was Like
Recovery: A Spouse’s Experience, part 1 – What Life Was Like
What happened with my husband’s addiction was painful, hard, and unfair. My story may look and sound different than another person’s—circumstances can vary slightly or drastically. Continue reading Recovery: A Spouse’s Experience, part 1 – What Life Was Like
The Keys to the Candy Store, Part 2
The Keys to the Candy Store, Part 2
In our last post we began looking at the unintentional damage that takes place in many pastors’ offices, when wives of porn/sex addicts are encouraged that their husbands’ problems might get better if only they were more sexually available. The first two things ministry leaders who counsel couples need to understand about sexual addiction are:
The Keys to the Candy Store, part 1
The Keys to the Candy Store, part 1
Wait…what? Continue reading The Keys to the Candy Store, part 1
I Don’t Know What To Do…
I Don’t Know What To Do…
Everyone in the small group just sat there. The awkward silence hung heavy in the room, like a heavy stage curtain that had just lowered onto everyone sitting in the circle. The bombshell had been dropped just a few seconds ago, but with each ticking second of silence it seemed like years. Continue reading I Don’t Know What To Do…
Seven Years Ago…
Seven Years Ago…
January 6th, 2009 began like most Tuesdays. I got up and went into work, at the church where I served as Worship Pastor. Unlike most Tuesdays, our regular pastoral staff meeting had been cancelled. Continue reading Seven Years Ago…
I Can’t Do This
I Can’t Do This
God, I can’t do this. I can’t stand living another day enslaved to this addiction. Continue reading I Can’t Do This