If you’re choosing intimacy before marriage, trust yourself. Honor your body. Protect your health and your heart. Let pleasure be sacred, truth your compass, and kindness your guide. Never accept harm disguised as love, and never settle for less than respect. If you are struggling with addiction, know this: your worth was never tied to your struggles. Addiction isn’t a failure—it’s a wound, a reflection of trying to survive in a fractured world. (1)