Your addiction may explain your behaviors, but it does not excuse your behaviors. Every time you act out, that is on you.
C.S. Lewis said, “Every time you make a choice, you are turning the central part of you either into a heavenly creature or into a hellish creature.”
Sometimes, choices are obvious – right vs wrong. Other times, they aren’t so clear. Solomon said, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death” (Proverbs 14:12).
When facing life’s toughest decisions, I urge you to do three things:
Pray.
Fast.
Pray some more.
Recovery Step: Your sobriety or relapse is as close as your next decision.
Mark and Beth Denison, married for 36 years, launched There’s Still Hope as a national movement to call men and women into lives of sexual integrity. Their ministry offers 90-day recovery plans for addicts and one-on-one and group coaching for addicts and their spouses. TSH also produces resources for pastors and churches to confront the porn epidemic that is destroying so many lives.
Dr. Denison was a senior pastor for over 30 years, NBA chaplain, and board chairman at Houston Baptist University three times. With a Master’s Degree in Addiction Recovery, Mark is a certified PSAP and active member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.
Mark has written four books on recovery: Porn in the Pew, 365 Days to Sexual Integrity, A 90-Day Recovery Guide, and 40 Days to Porn-Free Living. His latest book, Jesus on the 12 Steps, will be released later this year.
