Finding the Answers
Has anyone in authority ever told you, “if you didn’t know, you should have asked”? Say what???? I’ve always thought that was such a bizarre statement. If we don’t know something, we generally aren’t even aware that there IS a question to ask. We aren’t being stupid or devious, we just didn’t know that we…
You CAN Get it Back!
Addictions and compulsions steal from us. I think it’s that acknowledgment that helps us move toward recovery. What has been taken from you? What is it that you want back? No, really . . . think about it. What is your heart’s desire? Do you want freedom? A restored marriage? A better relationship with God?…
Winning the Battle Within
Over the years your brain has become programmed to RUN to the addiction or other coping method whenever you’re feeling “off balance”— whether those unsettled feelings come from anxiety, fear, boredom or loneliness. To attempt to do anything else brings feelings of impending doom. Your addictive impulses can be so strong that you wonder whether…
Who’s Fault is This?
Our natural tendency is to try to find something to blame for our problems. It is no different with sexual addiction. There is a belief held by many that their behavior is somehow the fault of their spouse (or lack of a spouse). Married people convince themselves that if their husband or wife was just…
Taking the Power Away
Fear. EVERY human being has it. The minute Adam and Eve opened the door to sin, fear became a part of the human existence. The minute they chose to disobey, they were instantly afraid and hid from God. Ever since that fateful day, humans have been fearful, but not everyone acknowledges it. Some of us…