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What Is Betrayal Trauma In A Relationship

“As clinicians began adapting the Alcoholics Anonymous model to sexual addiction and problematic sexual behavior, they also carried forward many of its assumptions about partners. Wives and husbands o…

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Non-Sexual Touch: A Path Towards True Connection in Recovery

In sex addiction recovery, it’s important to understand the need for non-sexual touch. Many addicts may have come from families or cultures where physical affirmation in the form of hugs, kisses, pats…

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4 Ways the Ever Accountable iOS Update Is a Game-Changer for Your Freedom

For too many years, if you wanted to live with integrity on an iPhone, you were stuck between a rock and a hard place. You either deleted every "risky" app and lived like it was 1995, or you used clun…

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The Art of Apologizing: Vital Steps For A Fully Accountable Apology

Guest repost by Bill Herring, LCSW, CSAT (shared with permission) One of the essential skills of a truly mature human being is the ability to apologize for the inevitable transgressions of life. A ful…

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Secrecy vs. Privacy in Recovery: What Betrayed Partners Desperately Need to Know

“My partner said it was ‘just privacy.’ But what he really meant was secrecy—and that destroyed everything.” When trust is shattered by pornography addiction, partners often find themselves questionin…

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3 Incredible Long-Term Benefits of Stopping Masturbation (that no one talks about)

“What about porn use and masturbation Could you please talk about this topic?” This legitimate request crops up sometimes in our private online community survey. That’s probably because masturbation i…

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Why Is Porn So Addictive

Are you struggling secretly with porn and worried because you can’t seem to make any progress? Before things spiral further out of control for you or someone you love, let’s dive into the reasons why …

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Does Porn Cause Anxiety and Impact Mental Health

If you struggle with anxiety and you also watch porn, have you seriously considered that pornography use could be contributing to the problem? In a recent National Library of Medicine article research…

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How to Stop Masturbating for Good: 9 Proven Steps

The pleasures of masturbation can often feel too great to give up. But, masturbation has the potential to develop into a compulsive habit tied to pornography. You may be wondering how to quit masturba…

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Is Porn Bad Understanding Its Impact and Making Empowered Choices

Are you frequently hiding an ongoing porn habit – and wondering to yourself, Is porn bad enough to really worry about You’re not alone! In 2024 survey data collected by Barna, not only do 61% of adult…

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Sam Jolman, author interview: "Porn is where the lover goes to die."

We're honored to share our interview with author and therapist, Sam Jolman, who recently published his book for men: The Sex Talk You Never Got Sam answers the question "why men watch porn", addressin…

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How To Find A Porn Accountability Partner

Porn can be one of the most isolating problems you can possibly have. It’s a vice that most people use in complete secrecy. Because it causes so much guilt and shame, and it’s hard to admit to others …

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Women and Accountability: 7 Ways Accountability Helps Women Quit Porn

A popular “women and accountability meme” circulated the internet a few years back, claiming that women regularly fail to hold themselves accountable for their actions. However, we’re highlighting som…

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Tips for women struggling with pornography - a woman to woman chat

We're so grateful to share a guest post by Dr. Joy Skarka, author, Her Freedom Journey: A Guide Out of Porn and Shame to Authentic Intimacy who writes from her personal experience and research. Do wom…

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My D-Day – and how an accountability app helped save my marriage

Have you had a personal D-Day As far back as 20 years ago, D-Day in a romantic relationship referred to a traumatic discovery or disclosure of porn use. Jaco chooses not dwell on his D-Day, but instea…

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Online Accountability Success Story From A Life and Mental Health Coach

I first started on my journey of recovery in 2010. My life was misery, living in the dark, with a lot of self loathing that just kind of paralyzed me. Paralyzed by self-loathing: how porn affected Eri…

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6 Signs of a Pornographic Style of Relating

! Guest repost from Dr. Andrew Bauman, LMHC, author and co-founder of the Christian Counseling Center. His passion is to:“work with both individuals and couples in crisis, those impacted by unwanted s…

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Is Watching AI-Generated Porn Ethical

" Swift is far from the only woman, famous or otherwise, to have been subjected to AI-generated explicit images of themselves without their permission…Swifties have been vocal in the need for more pro…

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Father of 8 finds freedom from porn: a healing journey

We're so grateful for customers who are willing to share their stories to help others on their journey to freedom from porn! Here's one especially for fathers. (Trigger warning for those in recovery f…

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I asked ChatGPT how to stop compulsive porn use...

I asked ChatGPT how to stop compulsive porn use. Its answer was crazy good. So good, in fact, that I wanted to share that "conversation" with you. The six key points are direct quotes from ChatGPT wit…

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What Every Hero {Trauma Survivor} Needs to Fight Pornography

Not surprisingly, neuroscience and psychologists have uncovered links to personal trauma and porn use, especially for those struggling with compulsive sexual behaviors. Any sort of past traumatic even…

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7 Secrets to Make your New Year's Resolution to Quit Porn a Success

The long-running jokes about failing on New Year's resolutions are getting a bit old, don't you think? ! According to studies, only nine percent of resolutioners actually succeed in their goals, and a…

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Avoiding Pornography When You're Far From Home

I recently had an enlightening conversation with \John, an athletic trainer for a local junior college football team. He opened up about his battle with pornography. Also he shared with me a few helpf…

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What to Watch Instead of Porn: The Awesomeness List of 101 Healthy Alternatives

You're doing your best. You've known for a while that pornography has become a problem in your life. You're seeing how often you get triggered, and how integral porn has become as a way to escape or n…

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Understanding Pornography Triggers in Recovery

Understanding pornography triggers - how they work and how to avoid them - requires answering the larger question of why a person is triggered. A preoccupation with pornography might begin as just tha…

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NoFap's Emergency Button: Awesome!

Here at Ever Accountable we appreciate the great work other companies are doing in supporting people trying to quit pornography. NoFap describes themselves as a "Secular Porn-Recovery Community Websit…

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The Importance of Self-Compassion in Pornography Recovery

As much as we want it to be easy, pornography recovery can be a challenge, one often riddled with setbacks and relapses. You don't have to be an addict to know how hard it can is, or from experiencing…

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Are You a Dad Who Uses Pornography (Part Two)

(Part 1 is here) In last week's post, we discussed ways to open a conversation with your child/teenager about pornography, how to make a game plan for situations that they may face, and things you can…

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Are You a Dad Who Uses Pornography (Part One)

"He got started on pornography when he found his dad's stash. He was 8 years old at the time." A religious leader related this story to me (without revealing any personal information) with tears in hi…

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