This month makes it 6 years of total freedom from addictions such as porn, masturbation, sex and drugs.
If total freedom is possible for me, it is for you too.
Here are two things I have learnt over the years about addiction.
Part 1
To be honest, the way this world is set up, any man who wants to be faithful to his wife has to be somewhat extra.
This isnβt a rule of thumb but I have put certain parameters in place to make sure alarms go off if temptation is too close for comfort:
I and a few married friends meet each Friday in each other's houses (we take turns) and have honest conversations about God's design for marriage, the issues we face and how to be better spouses.
It's one of my favorite times of the week βΊοΈβΊοΈβΊοΈβΊοΈβΊοΈ
Wore my wedding suit last week and it got me thinking about my wedding vows so I pulled them out, dusted them up and read through them again.
I had to ask myself some hard questions like:
If you told me Iβd hurt my wife twice in the same way, Iβd have laughed. But I did...On her birthdayβ¦Two years in a row!
Let me explain.
Year 1 of our marriage.
Her birthday came around and I had nothing planned.
No gift, no surprise, no thought and guess what?
I honestly believe, that marrying this woman is the best decision I have ever made after putting my faith in Christ.
I'm so in love guysπ₯Ί...my chest does me somersaults whenever she waltz into the room, or smiles, or laughs, or exists.
Thank you for saying yes to meβ€
You think u hv felt every emotion there is, then you hold your child for the first time and time literally stands still all round you.
Just you, holding your child, being lost in her eyes. Then the your heart floods with a crazy intense type of love that feels okay to drown in..
Missing my wife because I travelled for work, so I decided to go through our chat history from when I was toasting her in 2017 after being friends for 6 months and I couldnβt stop smiling.
I knew what I wanted and spelt it out in clear terms.
Glad I was very clear βΊοΈβ€οΈ
Looking back at how difficult it was for me to come out of my comfort zone to actually communicate and be vulnerable with my babe (now wife)β¦
I have to say that itβs been worth every uncomfortable minute spent in giving more than a one word reply to βso how was your day?β
Last week, Ope and I had been out all day. So when we got home we both were tired. I helped put our daughter to bed and since Ope was still carrying out her own night routine I decided to help set up dinner.