Friday, September 18, 2009
Risk
I spoke to David today. We get to speak for 10 minutes every so often. There is no schedule, so I never know when he will call. I cannot call him. He is sending me some blog posts, so look for those in the next few days. I cannot explain how painful this is. If you had asked me a year ago if I would have thought that I would be in this situation, I would have told you that you were crazy. But, here I am. How did I end up here? I truly believe God has a plan, but you have to wonder what it is? We are hoping and praying that something positive will come out of this. Please pray for the victims of child pornography. Please pray for those suffering from addiction. Please pray for the families of the addicts and victims. This really does affect everyone around you. My family and support group have been a tremendous support! I am very lucky to have them. I pray for those who have no one as this can be a very lonely, sad, and devastating thing without support. This is why David and I are doing this blog. We want everyone to be accountable. You have choices. Make the right ones. If you need help - ask! Or, you could end up in prison for 5 to 20 years. It's not worth the risk!
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David & Lisa,
My heart breaks for both of you as I sit here reading your story and I can only think....there but for the grace of God go I. I am currently in recovery from a 33 year addiction to pornography and I am so thankful that it did not take this kind of wake-up call for me to realize I had a problem. Child porn was an area I never crossed over into but could have so easily during the years I was completely out of control. I honestly have no idea how I avoided this and other riskier behaviors so often associated with this addiction other than to say it was grace and fear - fear of doing anything that would carry the consequences your family now faces.
I want you both to know that I applaud and am humbled by your courage to share your story in such a public way. I have been sharing my personal journey for sometime on my own blog and it has often been a scary thing to be so transparent about an addiction that often carries a negative stigma attached to it (sex/porn addicts are often viewed in one of two ways: perverts who can't control themselves or nutjobs who overreact to a behavior that much of society finds perfectly normal). The stigma associated with child porn is even greater and I pray for your strength, safety, peace, and comfort as you strive to cope with your circumstances, put your lives back together, and promote your initiative to stop child porn from ruining lives.
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