Conquering the Porn Problem
As pornography has become more available over the Internet, it has been destroying a huge number of individuals’ lives through addiction. But now it can be dealt with.
A few years back Nick Stumbo’s life looked a lot like that of millions of men across America. Happily married with three beautiful children, Nick had a satisfying career, lived in a nice house, enjoyed some great friendships — and hid a dark, shameful secret: He was hopelessly addicted to pornography.
In Nick’s case, the shame and guilt he faced daily because of his bondage to porn was magnified by the fact that he was also the pastor of a thriving evangelical Christian congregation, where scores of individuals and families regularly looked to him for encouragement and spiritual guidance.
“Every Sunday as I stood behind the pulpit to tell people about God’s unconditional love and redemption, I was tormented by silent accusations that I was a phony and a failure,” Nick recalled. “If my congregation knew about what I was viewing on my computer late at night, and the thoughts and lust I struggled with, my thinking went, they would get rid of me immediately. I was chased by a sense of worthlessness and self-loathing over this terrible addiction I had carried for nearly fifteen years.”
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