Category Archives: Step 3: Breaking Free
No More Promises!
Promises really aren’t as noble as they seem. How many times have you promised yourself that you’d stop? How many times have you promised those around you that things would be different from here on out? How many times have you promised God that this would be the LAST time? You weren’t lying. You had…
The Way Out of Temptation
Corinthians 10 is an often quoted scripture relating to temptation. Its hope-filled message assures us that God provides a way out so we can endure temptation. Most often this passage is assumed to be the answer we need in the moment of being tempted. Certainly, crying out to God and asking for His intervention when…
Blame: The Protector of Addiction
In addition to working with Life More Abundant Network, Bruce has been a chemical dependency counselor for many years. He often says that one of the main signs that tell him an addict is getting healthier, is that they stop blaming. Blaming, along with denial, lying, minimizing, rationalizing and anger are usually evident in any…
Can’t Say it Better . . .
A letter from Bruce… There is hope! When at 10 years old, I found someone’s pornographic magazines in the bushes, I had no idea that I was embarking on a 45-year journey that would take me to despair . . . and back. It was a journey that, over the years, would cost me thousands…
Risking to Receive
Many of us decided early in our life that having needs were dangerous. In the past our needs and desires may have been used against us; criticized as sinful or inappropriate; or seen as a sign of weakness or a cause for punishment. Others of us may have had even our most basic needs ridiculed…
Our Story . . .
