Ex-porn star saves herself for marriage

Brittni De La Mora was attending college in Santa Barbara, California when she decided she could make a little extra money by stripping.

What started out as a side job turned into a successful career in the adult entertainment industry.

A dangerous path

Money started rolling in, and she quickly became a successful porn star. Less than a year into her career, her agent presented her with a choice — either quit college or quit pornography. The money was good and she was becoming a success, so she chose porn.

Speaking to This is Me TV, Brittni said she was making a great living but was not happy. “The first time I filmed a porn scene — weird. It was like, gross. It was really bad. Emotionally, I just started to go downhill.” She revealed.

Within the first month, she caught her first STD, and later a director told her she was too fat even though she only weighed 110 pounds.

A downward spiral

She turned to drugs to lose the extra weight, and eventually became addicted to a variety of drugs including cocaine and heroin. She said, “I hated myself. I hated my life. I hated what I was doing. I hated being an addict, but I couldn’t face filming without the drugs.” She reached an all time low and attempted to take her own life.

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A little glimmer of hope

After years struggling with the pornography, depression and drug cycle, she finally found a glimmer of hope through a new boyfriend. She went to high school with this guy, and she wanted him to take her to church.

One day, she went to a church meeting and the pastor was speaking about love. Brittni distinctly remembers the man saying specifically to the women in the congregation, “I want you to know that you are a woman of God, that you are worthy of real true love and that you are worth the wait.”