Porn & sex addiction led to betrayal & excommunication, until Steven finally found hope in recovery

Come Back Podcast

Ashly Stone

Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

"I got some relief from the incredible fear and pain and darkness that was surrounding me when I made the decision to get honest. That was a profound experience. There's a great scripture that I actually experienced in that event, it was Alma 34:31-Yea, I would that ye would come forth and harden not your hearts any longer; for behold, now is the time and the day of your salvation; and therefore, if ye will repent and harden not your hearts, immediately will the great plan of redemption be brought about unto you. That scripture I found later in my repentance process spoke to me because I had experienced what happened when I had a change of heart. From fear of coming forward and being honest, to I will get honest. I will do whatever is required. I could lose my marriage, lose my church membership, lose my family, lose my job. All of those things were possibilities. But yet I realized that I didn't have any alternative except to get honest. And when I chose to do that, that was a changing experience for my life."

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00:00 Life-Changing Event

03:46 Mission in New Zealand

04:28 Addressing Sexual Addiction

09:10 Personal Recovery Journey

14:57 Rhyll's Perspective

17:00 Second and Third Disclosures

34:27 Understanding Betrayal and Addiction

44:05 The Importance of Parental Involvement

48:29 Steven's Excommunication and Re-baptism

01:02:01 The Power of True Doctrine

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Come Back Team:

Director, Founder, & Host: Ashly Stone

Editor: Cara Reed

Outreach Manager: Jenna Carlson

Assistant Editor: Michelle Berger

Assistant Editor: Britt Smallze

Art Director: Jeremy Garcia

Production Director: Trent Wardwell

Transcript

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0:00.0	So that event changed my life.
0:02.5	It was a gift from God to have that arrest, but I couldn't live with myself.
0:07.8	So three weeks later, I came forward on September 11th of 2005.
0:12.5	After having a spiritual experience of really questioning myself whether I was a believer or
0:17.6	not, whether how I could deal with the situation as tragic as this, how could
0:22.7	I possibly face anyone again in my life? After contemplating what alternatives I had, I chose
0:30.5	the only alternative than that was to come forward for the third time, which I did.
0:35.7	I made the decision in the middle of the night to tell Rill what had happened,
0:41.8	to tell my bishop what had happened.
0:47.9	This is Ashley Stone, and you're listening to The Comeback Podcast.
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