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Sounds to me like it was not an addiction, just a coping mechanism or habit.  I would encourage you to come clean with your wife and do all you can to make her understand that it was not about her not being pretty enough or sexy enough for you.  If you tell her how and why it started and stopped,what things you did and what things you did not do.  Show your regret and remorse and ask for her forgiveness, answer any question she has completely and honestly.  It is so much better than one day her finding it all out and realizing that you hid this from her.  She'll think you never intended to tell her and she'll feel betrayed and lied so much more than if you voluntarily try to make things right.

I want to make this my new sig...

Which is why if you see something that appears wrong (Like a 95 year old lady without food) you report it to those that have the tools to investigate and come to the best conclusion...  Once you do that then you let it go...

The Rs president said, Thanks for letting us know. We can't help if you don't tell us. Thank you for your support of the RS presidency. I was surprised! I have been hassling the son for a while but he has an elevated position.
the RS president said that she would meet with the elderly sister to assess her needs this Sunday.
The bishop is a close friend of this man. I think, I am not sure because when I am angry I literally see red, that the bishop laughed when this man laughed at me.
i am surprised that the RS presidency is going to help. I thought that the ward will not help if you have a relative in town.
We will see...the elderly sister is afraid of offending her son. She may claim that all is well but at least I tried.
What sticks in my throat is, she gave him her car. Now he won't  drive her to the grocery store.
We will see. 
The stake president was really annoyed at me recently. We had a meeting to discuss approaches to our teaching shortage. The meeting was set up to have a discussion of the issues. The stake pres had what he thought was a brilliant suggestion, have the youth teach Sunday school. I pointed out that this would make it difficult for youth to attend Saturday activities, (huge geographical area, very thinly populated). I could see he and his counsellors were annoyed. Hope they take the problem to heart!

I turned someone in today. I drive a 95 year old woman to chuch. It has been about a year of driving her. She has repeatedly told me that her son who holds a quite high position in the church and is her only relative in the city will not drive her to the supermarket. She lives off her food storage, help from friends and neighbors. Her condition is deteriorating, I have talked to the son. He has laughed in my face and rolled his eyes. I finally emailed the relief society president and asked how is it going to look if someone calls family services? The relief society president emailed her counsellors and the bishop. I have never squealed on anyone in my life! This guy had it coming. What a hypocrite. You should have heard the talk he gave on Mothers Day.

I am a girl, was LDS and unmarried at the time I was eligible to go on a mission.  I always wanted to growing up: the Gospel was so much joy and glue in my life.  But when it came time... the Lord unmistakably said "no".  I loved the Gospel, but I... it was not for me.  I was at a very fragile stage in my life, in deep clinical depression, and I needed to focus on getting myself back in order.  So, I went and did as the Lord told me to: which was to stay exactly where I was-- much to family and friends' surprise.  10 years later,  I have a rock solid testimony that that was the exact right thing for me to do, and have reaped many blessings from it.

Apologies. every time i read it sounded as tho it was trivializing the sacriment in my head.
not attending because you can't and because you simply chose not to are two different things. If god is to be just if you do what you can to attend and still can't you'd still have the spirit with you. But think that is the key difference there- 1 is where the choice is not in your hands and one is where it is.

 

While there is the potential, let her not forget there is also hope.
 
 

My brother, a bishop, was recently approached by a brother (private contractor who worked in the Middle-East) who said he was done with the church. His reason? That my brother had reminded him about the letter from the Church offering help to the refugees during tithing settlement. "Why would we help people trying to kill us" was his comment.  
Ugh... what, seriously??
My brother indicated that it was apparent that this brother's pride of "I know better" than the Church blurred his judgement. 
 

I'll second that too. 5 minutes will f-l-y by super quick. You don't have time to give any form of an all encompassing talk, so yes, a personal experience would work best. Just remember, no one expects you to get up and wow everyone with historical facts or deep doctrine. You sharing a personal experience will bring the Spirit to the meeting and that is all that is needed and hoped for. Good luck AI!!

Our granddaughter is being baptized this coming Saturday. She's asked me to give the talk on the Gift of the Holy Ghost. (With 24 other grandchildren and 7 children of our own, this is not the first time I've given his talk.)
One of the things I'll be doing is grabbing the piano bench, sitting on it, and talking directly to Eeee. Now, this is not going to work in Sacrament Meeting, at least not the piano bench. But I have talked directly to one person in the congregation, sometimes I identify the person (a child works best for this), sometimes not (to the point of not even letting people know I'm doing it). That way, I don't have to care if anyone else "gets anything from it", but I target the message, the final goal to that person. It makes it more like a (one-sided) conversation with someone I know needs a specific "lesson".
If others benefit, all the better.
Lehi

30-40 quotes?  Most of ours only use one; an entire Ensign article, verbatim.  Sometimes even the photo captions and copyright notice.
Occasionally one of the thinkers will compile a talk from 2-3 articles.

Thanks!
I'm not too bothered about the talking bit I used to do presentations for my degree.  It was how to answer the question which was perplexing.  I'm not really that great with sharing personal stuff, I think it's from my Catholic upbringing?
Anyway.. Yes there are some pretty significant moments in my life when I have really felt the saviours love,  none of them I would feel comfortable sharing in sacrament tbh as alot of its to do with my mums death as she died in my early twenties.
So... What I'm going to do is talk about how I grew up in the Catholic Church confusing intellectual knowledge with a knowledge of God and that I viewed God as a fire and brimstone, God of judgement.
Then I'm going to talk about 2 Nephi 2:25 and how awesome the atonement is and how Jesus paid the ultimate ransom an expression of love so pure that we find it difficult to comprehend so that we can live with Heavenly Father again.
 
Does that sound OK?

I'll second that too. 5 minutes will f-l-y by super quick. You don't have time to give any form of an all encompassing talk, so yes, a personal experience would work best. Just remember, no one expects you to get up and wow everyone with historical facts or deep doctrine. You sharing a personal experience will bring the Spirit to the meeting and that is all that is needed and hoped for. Good luck AI!!

It would be fun, in a nice loving way, if there were cartoon characters made for the different types of Sacrament Speakers. I can think of few I've seen repeatedly over the years: 
1. The "Quoter": Entire talk is made of 30-40 quotes and sits down without giving any personal commentary. 
2. The "You Got Me": The person who gives 90% of their talk on how the Bishop got them to talk, hunted them down and how they shouldn't need to do this again for another 10 years.
3. The "Droopy*": They read from the their paper in a monotone voice and never look up once from the paper. *Hanna Barbera cartoon
So on and so on. Just having a little fun. I realize many folks would rather walk in oncoming traffic than give a talk, so props to all that brave it.

My brother, a bishop, was recently approached by a brother (private contractor who worked in the Middle-East) who said he was done with the church. His reason? That my brother had reminded him about the letter from the Church offering help to the refugees during tithing settlement. "Why would we help people trying to kill us" was his comment.  
Ugh... what, seriously??
My brother indicated that it was apparent that this brother's pride of "I know better" than the Church blurred his judgement. 
 

Congrats!
Having a broad topic doesn't mean you have to cover the whole thing, but rather you get to pick which sub-topic you talk about.  So, how do you feel the Savior's love?   (5 minutes is actually super short, and don't worry at all about being a perfect speaker- I'm sure you've seen your ward members be less than perfect speakers lots of times).

I'll second that too. 5 minutes will f-l-y by super quick. You don't have time to give any form of an all encompassing talk, so yes, a personal experience would work best. Just remember, no one expects you to get up and wow everyone with historical facts or deep doctrine. You sharing a personal experience will bring the Spirit to the meeting and that is all that is needed and hoped for. Good luck AI!!

Making Exmo conventions a veritable gold mine of dating opportunities . . .
(Sorry--couldn't resist)

Squidward is definitely the best character. 

My kids want to know if this is "under the sea"?
Free "like" to anyone who gets this right, even programmers are eligible.

Especially if it's Mormon men. They should know better. The Lord looks on the heart, and we should all learn to do that too.
Of course you should be attracted to someone enough to be happy married to them. But you don't need a supermodel for that (what a ridiculous term, "supermodel").
Long term attraction isn't much about the physical anyway. I think a warm, loving person with a righteous heart is the most attractive person in the long term. And there is nothing more ugly in the long term than a selfish, mean, or wicked person.
I had the amazing privilege of being sealed by Elder Eyring (my wife is related). He told me that in the resurrection my wife would be an amazingly beautiful woman. (I can't remember the actual wording, unfortunately.) I have to think this will be the case for everyone - we'll all be beautiful in every way.

Real sad state of affairs if a great number of single men are just looking for a trophy wife... real sad. A marriage based on superficial thinking is one starting out on a sandy foundation, and you can ask any primary child what type of man that is.
Sister Elaine Dalton YM Gen. Pres. describes Sister Mckay (wife of David O. Mckay)
"There seated next to him was his wife, Emma Ray McKay. Although she did not wear a crown of sparkling diamonds, nor was she seated on a throne, I knew she was a true queen. Her white hair was her crown, and her pure eyes sparkled like jewels. As President and Sister McKay spoke of their family and their life together, their intertwined hands spoke volumes about their love. Joy radiated from their faces. Hers was a beauty that cannot be purchased. It came from years of seeking the best gifts, becoming well educated, seeking knowledge by study and also by faith. It came from years of hard work, of faithfully enduring trials with optimism, trust, strength, and courage. It came from her unwavering devotion and fidelity to her husband, her family, and the Lord."
What happens to a trophy "spouse" relationship over time? Does it stand up if the "supposed" outer beauty is gone? 
 

This is a little old, but in the April 1993 ENSIGN:
"The titles Bishop and President (designating members of temple, mission, stake, and district presidencies and branch presidencies) are appropriate even after the leader has been released." 
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1993/04/i-have-a-question?lang=eng
 

While there is the potential, let her not forget there is also hope.