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    Pouring into an Empty Vessel: My Life, Married to a Sex Addict
    Pouring into an Empty Vessel: My Life, Married to a Sex Addict
    Pouring into an Empty Vessel: My Life, Married to a Sex Addict
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    Pouring into an Empty Vessel: My Life, Married to a Sex Addict

    By Mary Gillespie

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    As the world emphasizes sex to a greater degree, more and more people find themselves dealing with sexual addictioneither their own or that of a loved one. It is important that we begin to recognize and understand this problem so that it can be addressed. With that in mind, this memoir shares author Mary Gillespies personal story about a complicated marriage.

    They met and married young, and when Gillespies husband, Will, surrendered his life to the ministry, they began their journey in the ministry together. On the surface, things seemed fine, but there were many signs and indicators in their marriage that things were not right. When he was caught in an affair and diagnosed as having a sex addiction, she stayed with him, determined to discover the source of the addiction, to work through the problem, and to forgive him.

    But after his death, she learned that he had fallen back into his dark life, leaving her grieving both that and his loss. She struggled with her emotions, wanting desperately to understand the illness.

    Pouring into an Empty Vessel: My Life, Married to a Sex Addict helps you understand the life and pain of a sex addictand that of the partner. Though the spouse can do little to help the addict, you can learn how to endure the helplessness of being unable to helpand how to help yourself survive.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateDec 22, 2015
    ISBN9781512701890
    Pouring into an Empty Vessel: My Life, Married to a Sex Addict
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    Mary Gillespie

    Mary Gillespie was married to a pastor and sex addict for over thirty-seven years. In a time when “sex addiction” was seldom known or discussed, Mary used her strength and direction from God, as well as her mother, as examples to live by. She currently lives in Orlando, Florida.

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