Honesty, especially rigorous honesty is a challenge to achieve. Although it is a challenge, the rewards of such honesty is well worth the effort. One of the barriers that prevents couples from obtaining the healing and recovery from an affair or sexual addiction is the reluctance to have such honesty in the relationship.

In many cases people become comfortable living a lie. They even allow their spouses to believe the same lies thinking that if they are honest with them, then their spouse will leave them. The possibility of them leaving is always a risk. If the relationship is so fragile that honesty will cause them to leave, there are even more serious problems in the relationship that need attention. When you are marreid to someone, you want them to love you for who you are, not the image you project onto the wall or onto their lives. We all need genuine companionship, genuine connection with our spouses. This is not possible if you are still living a lie.

The truth may hurt, but living a lie hurts worse than the truth. There may be peace with the lie, but at what cost? What have you sacrificed to obtain a peace based on lies?

If you want such honesty, the time to begin is now. It may start with little things, but eventually you will arrive if you continue living honestly. Living one lie, will lead to more lies and even greater lies, until you find that you have lost your own self.

Honesty is worth the effort.

Regards,

Jeffrey Murrah

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In dealing with an affair situation, finding the rights words and the right time to say them is often challenging. The best time to say them and the ideal time to say them are not the same. Even though you may have rehearsed what you are going to say several times over, it is usually best to speak from the heart rather than give a canned presentation. It is usually true that if it is rehearsed and prepared, that it is not genuine. You may want to rehearse things to fully comprehend what you are struggle with, but do not expect the exact words that you rehearsed to be the ones that come out of your mouth when it is time to speak up.

Best Regards,

Jeff Murrah

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