Makia

I just wanted to thank everyone for the advice and input concerning my son. Just to relieve everyone’s mind, it wasn’t as serious or drastic as some think. The good news is, my son did go to the Bishop and he has been given a clean slate, and is now waiting anxiously for his mission call. That being said, I am grateful to have a resource such as this to turn to for help and I’m very grateful to a loving Heavenly Father who sent his son Jesus Christ to atone for our sins and help us repent so that we can live happy, clean lives and return to live with him someday.

Thank you everyone for your thoughts. I really appreciate the help.

I need some advice. My son is getting ready to go on a mission but was dragging his feet. He then confesses to me he's had a porn addiction since he was 12. I was hurt and shocked, but supportive. He wanted to change and had already stayed away from it for about three weeks when he confessed to me. I told his he needed to talk to the Bishop and go from there. He did and he's felt great! It's been over three months now. He talks to me constantly about his excitement with going on his mission. He's read the Book of Mormon twice now and is all most finished with the D & C. He has been researching the archaeology of the Book of Mormon and gets so excited about it. He's shared his testimony with me numerous times in the past three months and his prayers have changed. They are filled with his gratitude for our Savior's Atonement and His tender mercies. He listens to conference talks all the time and will share them with me and what he has learned. He tells me Satan will still fight him by bringing thoughts to his mind of things he did in the past related to the porn. He tells me when this happens, he will pray for help and continue reading his scriptures or listening to a General Conference talk. He has also received many priesthood blessings from his step-dad that has helped him. So my question is, how much detail should he confess to the Bishop? Apparently when he was around 13 or 14 he did some things with an animal in response to some porn he was looking at. He only did it once and felt really bad about it later. He'd forgotten about it until this morning when Satan was trying to really get at him, so he wanted to talk to me about it. Though I'm grateful that I have the kind of relationship with my son that he feels he can come to me when he's struggling and tell me things, to be honest, it was TMI for me to hear being his mother and it brakes my heart. Then he asks me if he needed to tell the Bishop about that? I didn't know what to say. I asked him if he felt like the Lord had forgiven him and he said yes. He felt better about himself and life now than he ever has. I asked him if he had ever done it more than just that one time and he said no. He confessed to the Bishop that he had a porn addition but didn't go into detail about anything nor did the Bishop ask for details. I told him I felt he was good and that Satan was just trying to pull him back down and he just needed to stay firm in his commitment to keep all of Gods commandments and serve a good mission. After he left for work, I felt sick and said a few prayers myself. Did I tell him the right thing? How much detail needs to be shared with the Bishop?

I have been here a few times but it has been a long time ago. I am divorced which is something I never thought would happen to me. I tried hard for 28 years to hold my family together. Despite all my efforts, my marriage ended due to my ex's severe mental issues. I've had many changes in my life over the past year, most for the better. I have three wonderful and supportive children, and a great job, many friends and family, and a Father in Heaven and Savior who are very mindful of me and have blessed me so much. I have learned a lot over this past year, but mainly that no matter what happens to us in this life, we can choose to be happy and have the faith in our Father in Heaven to accept his will. I am looking forward to making new friends. Cntryhrt