I came across this thread and read it with interest, because my husband has an addiction too. He has problems with porn. Now do not point your fingers at me and do not send pages of scriptures my way. We are getting help for this now. Wednesday he had had his first appointment with the counsellor. It was all the way in Amsterdam and so he agrred on emailing on a regular basis. I have becoe involved in a message board dedicated to Christian wives of addicts. My new sisters are of great help and no, we are not always that serious all the time. We play games, celebrate birthdays and we also have good conversations. I just wanted to say that if you are addicted, you cannot be helped unless you recogninse you are an addict. Irt is usually the spouse, in our case the wife, who recognises this first. Stan is making some points too. I think it can work well, but only if you have some people that encourage you to hang on. I admire you who have done this without help from friends or people in your church. Get help for yourself and for your spouse. He or she is usually the one that is forgotten, but hurt the most.
Just wanted to share some thoughts.

Mirjam