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Shame Doesn’t Get the Last Word: Porn Addiction and Marriage


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What happens when the healing you're praying for doesn't come in the way you expected? Bridgette’s powerful testimony reveals the unexpected path to freedom she discovered after 24 years in a marriage devastated by pornography addiction.

From the beginning, there were warning signs. A premarital counselor explicitly advised against the union, but young love and faith convinced Bridgette they could overcome any obstacle together. Just two weeks after their wedding, her husband suggested an annulment—the first of many painful cycles in what would become decades of broken promises, counseling attempts, and dashed hopes.

Bridgette vulnerably shares how she exhausted herself trying to manage her husband's recovery, pouring resources into his healing while neglecting her own. The turning point came when she symbolically handed him over to God, declaring "I'm not going to be the detective anymore." This surrender paradoxically became her first step toward freedom.

The most profound moment of clarity arrived during a beach vacation when, while playing in the waves as her husband isolated himself in their condo, she distinctly heard God speak: "This is life, and that is death." Months later, when confronted with undeniable evidence of continued and profound addiction, that divine insight gave her the courage to draw a line she had never been able to maintain before.

What makes Bridgette’s story so powerful isn't necessarily her decision to leave, but her commitment to healing from the shame that had defined her experience for decades. "God hates divorce but He loves divorced people," a counselor told her—words that helped her reconcile her faith with her circumstances. Today, she radiates a joy that defies expectations, having discovered that sometimes the healing we pray for isn't about changing others, but about allowing God to transform our own hearts.

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