Addiction Sucks!
If you’re reading this, you’re probably all too aware of this indelicate truth. There is no arguing that being addicted to anything is destined to provide some of life’s most intense challenges—for the struggler, for the spouse, AND for the family and friends that are trying to figure it all out. Realizing that you or…
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…
Finding Truth
No matter how cautious or analytical we’ve been, we have ALL believed lies. In fact, without knowing it, much of our life has been ruled, at least in part, by untruths. Although Satan is the initial author of all lies, most of them are relayed to us via one of two sources: either from the…
A Sure-fire Strategy
As a rule, humans are creatures of habit. Most of us sit in the same pew each week, we go to the same restaurants, we stick with what we know and are comfortable with—even if it no longer meets our needs. But . . . “If you always do what you’ve always done, you always…