It’s no secret that that former NBA player Lamar Odom has an addictive personality. The reports have been on every news outlet and every blog. Over the years, he’s spoken openly about his battle with drugs, addiction to porn and sex.
So it makes sense that he might not be able to engage in certain behaviors the way the rest of us do.
In his sobriety journey, Odom, in his relationship with fiancee Sabrina Parr, has been clean from drugs, porn and even sex, despite their romantic relationship.
During a recent interview, Parr shared what influenced the decision.
“This is the first time in Lamar’s entire life that he has been clean of drugs, marijuana, porn addiction, sex addiction. Him and I don’t even have sex, believe that or not. Once Lamar got saved, he developed a relationship with a pastor and there’s a lot of things he just wants to grow, areas he wants to grow in, and things he wants to improve on as a man. And as a man, the pastor suggested to him, it’s not Godly if Christians like to have sex before marriage. And obviously, he’s already had sex, so he couldn’t cut that out, but he said, ‘A great sacrifice to God would be to withhold from sex until you guys got married.’ And so, I think he really respects the pastor’s opinion and his voice.”
Sabrina shared that it was important that Lamar make this decision on his own without pressure from her.
“And I also explained to Lamar how it honors your woman when you don’t touch her, and when you wait, and God repays you for that. And so, I wasn’t going to force him either way because it’s his own relationship with God and I don’t want… He’s very new in being saved, so I didn’t want him to develop opinions based on what I am doing or am not doing. I allowed him to make a decision. But I said, ‘Whatever decision you make, let me know.’ And he really made the decision to not have sex with me until we get married, which is kind of why he wants to rush the marriage,” she explained. “But I’m just in no rush. So, he’s doing very well with it, surprisingly. I just really thought this would be a struggle for him, just because he’s never had to abstain from sex before. I don’t think he’s ever considered it.”
Eventually, Lamar told her that he wanted to abstain as a way to honor her. Good luck to them both!