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WEBSITES- The USCCB has developed a very comprehensive list of resources and programs Website
- Strive : 21-day challenge to help men break free from addiction to pornography. Website
- Covenant Eyes: application to help men break free from addiction to pornography. Website
- Reclaim Sexual Health: professional, science-based Catholic tool to overcome pornography and other harmful behaviors. Website
- Social Cost of Pornography: leading experts from various fields present the problem of pornography and make recommendations. Website
- Family Safe Media: resources for protecting your family online. Website
BOOKS- The Courage to Be Chaste by Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR
- Breaking Free: 12 Steps to Sexual Purity by Stephen Wood
- Pure Manhood by Jason Evert
Key findings on the effects of pornography (from The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family and Community by Patrick F. Fagan, Ph.D.):- Pornography use is a pathway to infidelity and divorce, and is frequently a major factor
- Among couples affected by one spouse's addiction, two-thirds experience a loss of interest in sexual intercourse
- Prolonged consumption of pornography by men produces stronger notions of women as commodities or as "sex objects"
- Married men who are involved in pornography feel less satisfied with their conjugal relations and less emotionally attached to their wives. Wives notice and are upset by the difference.