109: My Spouse Is Addicted To Porn with Rosie Makinney

July 20, 2020

“Help! My spouse is addicted to porn!” If these words are familiar, this episode is for you. Porn is a billion-dollar industry and a national epidemic that is seeping into our homes and taking marriages captive. In Episode 109, Daniel and Christina interview Rosie Makinney about how you can fight against porn in your marriage and family.

In This Episode, You Will Hear About:

Misconceptions about porn addiction
The science behind why your spouse struggles to stop watching porn
Why your spouse’s porn addiction is not your fault
How to create boundaries that do not enable this addiction
How to help your spouse get free and stay free from porn
What fighting against porn will do for you, your marriage, your family, and your faith

Resources Mentioned During the Episode:

Rosie Makinney’s Fight For Love Ministries and Fight For Love Podcast
Fight For Love: How To Take Your Marriage Back From Porn by Rosie Makinney
Fight The New Drug
Your Brain On Porn
Will Porn Ruin My Marriage? An interview with Dr. Simon Sheh
International Institute For Trauma and Addiction Professionals (for help finding a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist near you
Beggar’s Daughter Ministry
Bethesda Workshops

Quotes and Tweets:

Marital sex and porn use are not interchangeable. Pornography is a chemical release addiction. @RosieMakinney
A porn-free marriage is totally possible. You just have to know how to fight. @RosieMakinney
With a porn addiction, you can’t think your way into right actions, but you can act your way into right thinking. @RosieMakinney
Porn addiction is an intimacy disorder. It’s the fact that we’ve never been authentic and connected with anyone. @RosieMakinney
The only way effective way to deal with porn addiction in your marriage is to take a stance of zero tolerance. And the sooner, the better. @RosieMakinney
It’s time for Christian women to stand up and say, “Enough.” Enough blaming ourselves, enough trying to compete, enough buying our heads in the sand, enough hiding our hearts, enough keeping our voices silent on the matter, and enough waiting for him to change. If your marriage has been hijacked by porn, the most faithful way to love your husband is to send a strong message of zero tolerance. @RosieMakinney
It is deception, not the truth, that destroys marriages. @RosieMakinney
God’s plan for recovery isn’t just about removing porn from your marriage, it’s about totally transforming your entire lives. And that may include sexual wholeness beyond what you ever imagined or thought possible. @RosieMakinney

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Meet Rosie Makinney:

Rosie Makinney is a writer, speaker, and podcaster, who ten years ago entered the fight against her husband’s porn addiction. Through her faithful and uncompromising stance and his repentance, counseling, and group work, their marriage is now porn-free. From the very beginning, Rosie has been bold and relentless about reaching other wives struggling with porn-invaded marriages. Rosie is the founder of Fight For Love Ministries, which empowers women with both the facts and the faith to fight against pron addiction and its effects on them, their spouses, and their families.