Category Archives: Step 1: Understanding Addiction
What is the strange link between sex, drugs and CHEESE?
Cheese? Why in the world are we talking about cheese? THE DEAL WITH CHEESE I learned an interesting thing about cheese this week. Cheese contains an unusual protein called casein. I won’t get too scientific here but, evidently, normal protein molecules are made up of individual “beads” of amino acids. These beads are usually strung…
Addiction: Can you get it from your family?
There is scientific evidence that suggests that our genetic makeup can make us more vulnerable to addiction. Maybe you can point to situations where addiction seems to run in a family. The addict’s parents, and maybe even their grandparents, have had their own struggles with addiction. On the other hand, you may be aware of…
If You Lack Understanding How Can You Succeed?
Understanding is essential to any effort. You can’t successfully fight an unknown enemy, or reach an undefined goal. It’s just impossible. We need to know what we’re up against to be able to determine the next step, or define the tools we’ll need to proceed. The same is true when we’re dealing with our internal…
What If It’s NOT About Sex?
One of the hardest things for people who struggle with pornography, affairs or other sexual compulsions to grasp is that sex is not their REAL problem. Yes, it’s true—as counter-intuitive as it seems—sexual addiction is NOT about sex. It’s not the orgasm. It’s not the excitement. It’s not even the conquest. It’s the DIVERSION. Maybe…
5 Keys to Achieving the Impossible
Is there something in your life that seems impossible? Something so big, so hard, so ominous that you’re not sure how to even begin? You’ve looked at it from every angle, but it still seems insurmountable. That’s where I’ve been for the past several months. You might have noticed that my blog posts, that used…
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