one wife’s journey through her husband’s sexual addiction to wholeness and healing
Sting wrote the song “If You Love Someone (Set Them Free)” in 1985 in response to the popularity of the previous Police hit “Every Breath You Take,” which was not a love story as the public took it, but the story of a stalker watching and obsessing over his prey. He was chagrined at how [...]
So apparently, the Haggards have been in the media lately - they did a documentary with a pay-per-view cable company, were on “Oprah,” and have been written up in various magazines, newspapers, and the rest. I’m relatively unplugged from the mainstream media, but one thing that I do read with semi-regularity is Charisma magazine, [...]
Of all the things on this journey that I didn’t expect, it has been the depth of sheer anger and rage I have at a man who has been dead nearly 20 years. I am a natural redhead and have borne jokes through the years about my supposed anger. The truth is that I’m really [...]
I mentioned in my last post that my husband was starting to get to the bottom of his addictive issues and the known abuse in his past.
That happened in a huge way in the last week. It’s weird enough-sounding that although it’s a major breakthrough, I’ve not quite known how to write about it.
My husband [...]
This is Thanksgiving weekend in the US, and as we found reasons to count our blessings, I came across a few that won’t fit in the traditional (upcoming) Christmas letter. I’m not really sure how one goes about informing and updating those who receive your Christmas notes and cards that you’ve a) had [...]
Alan Medinger is the founder of Regeneration, an “ex-gay” ministry in Baltimore, MD. His story is compelling and can be found here. He has a solid 25 years of healing experience and full-on knowledge of what God can and will do for those who struggle with same-gendered attraction — if they want to [...]
So I’m getting over a cold and using every trick in the book to do so. But one of the tricks backfired on me last night and I was awake too long in to the wee hours. My husband took a sleeping pill (in the form of a bottle of Guinness) and said he was [...]
My husband and I are working through Alan Medinger’s book “Growth in to Manhood.” So far, it’s excellent and right-on-the-money. I’ll review the chapters soon and talk about how they relate to our struggle.
So last night, I had just read the 2nd chapter aloud (my husband is a slower reader and preferred to [...]
So by now, you might realize that I’m a musically-driven woman. When I lack words and can’t talk, I can sing. And the lyrics to songs minister to me deeply.
Which brings me to a song by Lifehouse, “Whatever It Takes,” from their 2008 album “Who We Are.”
A strangled smile fell from your [...]
Every path to healing through addiction (no matter what type of addiction) will have divots in the road, or hiccups where the addict stumbles. Sexual addiction is no different from that. And yet, somehow I had this faulty idea that once we began down the path to healing that it would be rainbows [...]
