The first step in anything in our lives is acknowledging the issue. We cannot do anything about something that we do not know. So confessing is the first step. The first person that we confess to is ourself. Confession does not mean having all solutions or answers, it is simply stating a fact. As we purge our lives from mistakes and sin, confession is vital. For the spouse of an addict it is confessing that this is a real part of our life. It is what it is.
Satan does not want this step to happen because it is leading to our freedom. Satan keeps us captive through SHAME. The Lord gives us the gift of GUILT(recognition of our wrong doing) through our conscience (the Light of Christ) to set us free.
Boyd K. Packer said, "Through his Atonement and the power of the priesthood, families which are begun in mortality can be together through the eternities. The Atonement, which can reclaim each one of us, bears no scars. That means no matter what we have done or where we have been or how something happened, if we truly repent, He has promised that He would atone. And when He atoned, that settled that. There are so many of us who are thrashing around, as it were, with feelings of guilt, not knowing quite how to escape. You escape by accepting the Atonement of Christ, and all that was heartache can turn to beauty and love and eternity." April 2015 General Conference
The following links are outstanding in helping anyone confess anything but are particularly written for the addict.
http://fortifyprogram.tumblr.com/
http://www.covenanteyes.com/2015/12/03/how-to-confess-your-porn-addiction-to-your-spouse/
For Spouses and Family Members please see the tab "Spouse and Family Support".
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