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Will I Be Able To Trust My Husband Again

Dr. Doug Weiss - 6/19/2008

My husband has a very serious addiction to pornography. Is there any hope of real recovery from this type of addiction? It has now taken the place of our sex life for almost 2 years now. I am not sure that we can save our marriage. Is there anything we can do? I am at the end of my rope with him and his addiction. I love him dearly, but love only takes you so far when the trust has been broken. Will we be able to get trust between us again? - April

Dear April,

You are describing sexual addiction with sexual anorexia. If he doesn’t want help, he will starve you out sexually, forcing you to file for the divorce since he can’t look bad—it will have to look like he is the victim. Help is available if he wants help. I recommend a 3 Day Couple Intensive and he can prove his recovery or lack there of by taking a polygraph. If you have been married for more than 10 years, it’s not a matter of leaving for lack of love you feel, you will have to leave to feel like you can live at all.

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