A Little Kindness
Way back when Te's problem came to my attention, and we went to see our bishop, the bishop said to me, "A little kindness goes a long way".
That statement has been the most helpful (to me) thing I have heard through out all of our counseling and visits with various bishops. It is so easy to be hurt and angry. I questioned Heavenly Father. Why was this happening to me?
Luckily I realized that lashing out in anger at my husband was not going to help him to recover. He needed my support. I'm sure I haven't been perfect. I know I have said some things in anger, and have hurt him. When I have, he has taken my words, because he knew I was hurting. We both want to recover.
He just got home from his first group meeting. I was relieved to hear that he said it was good. He said it was comfortable to talk with the other men and that he found it helpful to hear how far others have come.
Recovery is possible. He can do it, and so can I.
posted by Alice @ 8:39 PM
1 Comments:
Hi.
Just a comment from a random blogger. I "accidentally" stumbled onto your blog, although I would say that divine intervention probably has more to do with it...
I have a blog: tacodave.blogspot.com . I'm a Christian, and although I'm not a member of the LDS church, my favorite author is and I have read many books about the Mormon faith. My blog is aimed at discussing exactly the kind of issue you bring up in your own blog. Please visit.
Right now we're discussing absolute truths, but "coincidentally" (again) my next subject is going to be pornography and my own struggles with it. I am a father of two (with one on the way) and I have struggled with the same problem as your husband for the past 15 years. My wife never caught me, but I finally confessed to her and it was really tough.
I was into porn on the Internet as well as phone sex, and breaking free of those traps has been the hardest thing I've ever done.
Drop by in the coming week and you can read the whole story. Maybe you can share it with your husband so he'll know that I'm going through the same thing.
Sin sucks.
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