The writer of this vivid account of moms going almost full trainwreck seems to be a generation or two, at least, from any spiritual foundation at all. The intellectual and moral foundations aren't good either.
The solution for diminishing returns from pleasurable activities is to cut back on overindulging and go help someone besides yourself for a change, not to go out and find even more expensive and perilous avenues of self-indulgence.
The solution to pervasive meaninglessness and sinful desires is to find what God wants you to do, and then do it. Starting with believing in Jesus Christ as your Savior from sin.
Their recruitment of other women into this lifestyle is actively wicked.
There was a heartbreaking local story some years back, about a mother of three who died in a hotel room of a drug overdose because her dealer--who was there the whole time--mixed it too strong.
God help their husbands and children.
James Dobson is like garlic to a vampire to this type of person, but his "Love Must Be Tough" book addresses things like how to respond to a spouse who wants an open marriage.
This song is haunting, although not directly applicable to my personal experience.
There's an interesting semi-parallel in Revelation 7:17 and 8:1:
"...and God shall wipe all tears from their eyes. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour."
Some years back there were some public comments from famous authors about the Susan in the Narnia books not being present for the Final Battle and what followed. It was framed as bigotry against women and people of average morals.
Neil Gaiman's came in the form of a short story, "The Problem of Susan," which from an excerpt I found is apparently quite vile.
Gaiman has fallen out of public favor as allegations against him have begun to surface.
Two other authors were J. K. Rowling, who ought to know better, and Phillip Pullman, who also writes vile stories, I've been told.
Pastor Douglas Wilson has a lucid, sensitive, and rather long rebuttal to the Problem of Susan; link below.
My own, lesser contribution here, is that C. S. Lewis was a fan of George MacDonald, and MacDonald wrote some vivid portrayals of spiritual devolution. In The Princess and Curdie, Curdie was given the ability to discern which beast a person's moral character was descending into by holding their hand. In ...
