My husband let his porn addiction go too far and it has destroyed everything - a cautionary tale
Throwaway account. We’ve been married 14 years, just had a baby 3 months ago. I’m late 30s, he is early 40s. He’s been addicted to porn for a long time (probably his entire adulthood). Two weeks ago my husband was arrested and charged with downloading and distributing child porn. I am so angry with him I can barely stand it.
He has a lawyer, I have my own. He let his addiction control his life and now it has ruined his life and destroyed everything. He might lose his job (he works in a family owned business) and he had to resign from a bunch of community organizations he was a part of. He is from a small town so he is effectively shunned from town. Half of his family (and all of mine) won’t talk to him anymore. I was worried I would lose my job as a teacher at the small school he went to (and his family has taught at) but thankfully everyone has been very kind to me and asking me what they can do to help me and my young child.
He is finally seeing a therapist that deals with this type of addiction, after years of me begging him to.
So let this be a cautionary tale for you porn addicted people. Get help before you take your addiction too far and destroy everything. I don’t know what the future holds for my family but my focus right now is keeping myself and my child safe.