Surprise #1: New Blog!

Today is the anniversary of my D-day. Well ... one of them anyway. The worst one. The final one.

It's been a hard day.

What better way to cope than to start a new blog? Eh? Actually, I've been planning this for a while. A fresh new space. A space where I can be myself. My real self. It's my turn to be brave.

Come visit. Follow me.

http://mamacrossroads.wordpress.com

It's coming ...

I'm having growing pains. I'm not quite sure what to do with this space, this blog of mine. I think I will leave it as it is--as a monument to where I've been. But now I'm running away to bigger and better things.

Ever since I started my journey, since I broke away from my addict's roller-coaster and began my own thrill ride, I've had a dream. I want to create a place where people can find resources about Pornography Addiction. Not just articles and books. Organizations. Did you know there are HUNDREDS of organizations out there? All over the world? I'm finding them. And I'm working to put them at everyone's fingertips.

And on the side, I'll be telling my story again. But this time it will be different.

Stay tuned. Something electrifying is in the works ... Actually a few somethings, and I have my fingers in all of them in some way. More than just STUFF this time, I promise.

I'll be back.

NO MORE PAGE THREE!

Take The Bare Boobs Out Of The Sun #nomorepage3' on Change.org

One of the mainstream newspapers in the UK displays full frontal nudity on p. 3 in every issue, and people have finally started to take a stand against it. How would you feel if you were sitting in a coffee shop next to customers blatantly discussing the porn on p. 3? What about a nurse tending to a patient in a hospital who is commenting on the boobs on p. 3. How does she feel? How about an elementary art teacher prepping for the day who has to cut this page out from each newspaper before she can lay them out for the students? These are all instances I have read about on their site, and citizens are not standing for it any more. Help us stand with them.

Have you signed the petition yet? Do it!

Don't live in the UK? Doesn't matter. Your signature counts.

Another easy way to connect with them is to find them on facebook. Here's the link to their fan page: https://www.facebook.com/NoMorePage3

Below is an update I just got this morning via email. Great stuff!!!

Hello to all 123,725 of you!!

We are so pleased to tell you that last week there was debate about Page 3 in The Scottish Parliament!

It gained cross party support and MSPs urged the Editor of The Scottish Sun, Gordon Smart, to “take his paper into the twenty first century by consigning Page 3 to the dustbin of history". Huge thanks to Jackie Baillie, Scottish Labour MSP for Dumbarton, who led the Members’ Debate.
Watch it here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvNthlR1P-w

Students around the country are working hard to say No More Page 3 too! Abertay, Birmingham City, Bradford, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chester, Durham, Dundee, Edinburgh, East Anglia, Essex, LSE, Manchester Met, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Stirling, UCL, Winchester, York St John and Brasenose College, St Hugh’s College, New College, University College and Teddy Hall, Oxford have all removed the newspaper from their shops until the Sun drops Page 3!
http://nomorepage3.org/news/students-no-more-page-3-needs-you/

Also, as you know NMP3 has inspired A LOT of creativity, well, now a choir has written and recorded us a song! It’s glorious!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4xYt_b8a14

A theatre company is holding a play writing competition, inviting people to write short plays inspired by the campaign!
http://nomorepage3.org/news/a-no-more-page-3-play-writing-competition/

AND, this weekend is the 43rd anniversary of Page 3. We’re quite sure it will be the last one, after all with so many people, organisations and charities who work to end violence against women, saying ‘please, stop it, these pictures are damaging’ - how long can the Sun continue to show these pictures?

JOIN US this weekend at one of the many protests that are going on around the country! (or do something yourself to say No More Page 3) Details here: http://nomorepage3.org/news/page-3-43rd-birthday-protests/ 

ARP calls for stories

Hey, y'all. Did you know that the Addiction Recovery Program for the LDS Church (the 12-step program adapted for all addicts including those recovering from sex addiction) is calling for stories in preparation for the website they are going to launch later this year? Read the story on the Church website here.