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Do not despise our petitions, but kindly hear uswives, children, husbands, parents, and all those who suffer from heavy affliction of addictions of all sortsand . Restore a healthy connection with my spouse in our marriage. Guide me to help from other people, as well, such as financial advisors and friends who will pray for me on my healing journey. Freedom was given to the individual conditionally, in the assumption of his constant religious responsibility .(Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr. Pornography addicts behavior have the exact opposite of all these characteristics: the beloved becomes secondary, as the addiction becomes primary; by objectifying women, the level of respect and admiration is diminished; as any other addiction, the addict develop a resistance to the material and is looking for more aggressive and hardcore elements,[8] which affects the intimacy and sexual desires in the couple. Lead them in the right path and help them to become free. It secretly poisons a marriage and the effects can be devastating (in a later chapter of this paper I will address in detail its vicious effects on marriage). We do not become sober by relying on our own thinking process. Patrons and Saints to Pray to for Addiction Recovery How does Pornography Addiction affect the Couple? Holy Spirit, renew my mind so I can think in healthy ways about everything that had previously triggered me to drink alcohol. Purification Dear Lord, thank you for your love, for it is eternal. Psalm 90 When Orthodox Christians struggle with drug or alcohol addiction, they can benefit from rehab which emphasizes faith in God and incorporates prayer and fasting together as 1 important aspect of recovery. Therefore, the true metanoia represents a complete change of the worldview. Therefore, I think that the recovery process is somehow similar to the pre-marital sessions. After being scheduled to . Morning and Evening Prayers | ROCOR Europe Days or weeks later, the scene is repeated. The goal of this stage is to help the couple realize the meaning of being married, to refresh in their mind the goal of marriage.