rogermerril12

Well I have a friend who has been struggling with this addiction and I really want to help him. He has been struggling with pornography for about two months and has admitted to watching pornographic clips and pictures. He is worried that since he served a mission he would be ex communicated. I would just like to know what kind of a repentance process lies down the road. Would he be ex communicated? Disfellowed or would it be kind of a private thing between the bishop that wouldn't go on his record? I know you can't say for sure but I would at least like to get an idea. Please please help. Please comment and help my mind be put to ease a little.

So dear forum, I have already posted once on this forum about my friend that has had a problem with pornography. He has only had this problem for about a month but he feels super bad about it! He returned from his mission about right months ago. He doesn't look at it all the time just every now and then. He recently just told me that he has been having a girl write him on Facebook and talk in a sort of sexual way. He says he never really adds to the conversation but he never tells her to stop talking about that stuff. I know none of you can give a definite answer but I would like to at least have an idea of how much of a repentance process he will need. I just would like to know the severity of the consequences he has committed. I would just kind of like to know a general idea. Like excommunication or informal probation formal probation disfellowship. Any advice or info would be greatly greatly appreciated. Thank you all!

dear fellow board members, so where does the severity of his sin fall. Is viewing pornography one of the more serious sins there are? can one truly overcome this urge/ addiction? thank you all so much for your comments. I really do appreciate all of the help you have all given

dear fellow members, I have a very important question I would like to ask for all of you out there and I know this isn't a website to give exact answers or receive revelation but I would like to get at least some kind of a clue for a friend of mine. I have a friend that is very important to me. we have been friends since we were little but we I had noticed something wrong with him. I asked him what was wrong and he told me that he had fallen into a very terrible habit of viewing pornography. he said that he felt so bad and sick inside because of this habit. he literally cried for hours. I told him he needed to go talk to his bishop and he said he planned on doing that my friend just got home from a mission about eight months ago where he was known as a very valiant missionary. I just would like to get an idea of what might happen to him considering his membership in the church? I know none of you can give me a for sure answer and I understand that it is between him the bishop and god but I would greatly appreciate a general idea of what will happen to him. I won't tell him what any of you say because that isn't my place but I am worried sick about him and need a little resolution to this problem. he is so afraid he will be ex communicated. is that a possibility ? is it likely? I greatly appreciate your input on the subject.