Category Archives: Step 1: Understanding Addiction
Too Young for Porn!
My oldest grandson turned 13 years old this week. He’s now officially a teenager. His chubby little cheeks and short stocky legs are gone. He’s growing up. Exciting times! But, the enlarging worldwide epidemic of pornography makes it a scary time as well. Young men and, increasingly, young women are particularly vulnerable to its temptation.…
Utterly Epidemic!
It’s no secret that sexual addiction has become a huge issue in the United States. Even though the secrecy and shame surrounding sexual issues make it difficult to determine the exact number of people that struggle with pornography or other sexual compulsions, surveys taken in the last dozen years give us a glimpse into the…
Am I Really Addicted?
Many people have trouble with the word “addiction.” It conjures up all kinds of ugly images. The very thought of it is so negative that many strugglers balk at accepting the label of addict. Nobody intentionally sets out to become addicted. The process is slow and subtle. Little by little substances or activities that were…
Why Can’t I Stop?
Do you ever feel like you’re on auto-pilot? Somehow the flight plan has been filed and it feels like you’re almost powerless to change your course? Actually, that may not be far from the truth . . . but it doesn’t have to stay that way. There is a part deep within our brain called…
Victory by Victory
We live in a world that has less and less patience for things that take time. We want what we want and we want it now. It used to be that if you ordered something by mail-order, the standard wait to receive your purchase was 6 to 8 weeks. Now we expect to have the…
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