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Your Cheat'n Heart: Men and Pornography
Ever since the book, Every Man’s Battle, was published in 2000 on the topic of men and pornography, thousands of e-mails have come my way with stories of hope and victory, along with others of frustration and failure. The book has challenged most of the over one million men who have read ... Read More
Addicted to Love
Few issues in women are more hidden than sexual addiction. Depression, anxiety, even childhood sexual abuse and eating disorders receive more attention. Neither the clinical field nor the recovery community has directed much attention to this secret struggle in women. A Google search reveals only... Read More
The Silent Scream of Seduction
They are the difficult women—high maintenance; provocative in dress and seductive in behavior; emotionally dangerous; and spiritually adrift. Involved in unhealthy and unholy relationships, these women usually fit the unflattering labels frequently used to describe them: bad girls, loose, promisc... Read More
Abstinence vs. Harm Reduction A Clinical and Ethical Analysis
In 1945, AA co-founder Bill Wilson addressed the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting in New York, and received a standing ovation. As he sat down, he was amazed because this group had soundly criticized AA. Bill turned to the president of the APA and said, “I’m surprised that they... Read More
From the Heart: Imaginary Lovers
Proverbs 5:3-5 says, “For the lips of an immoral woman drip as honeycomb, and her mouth is sweeter than oil; but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; and her steps lay hold of hell.” The monster elephant sitting in our pews and spewing waste... Read More
Online for Trouble: A close look at Internet Addiction
A “It’s 10 o’clock. Do you know where your children are?” It’s almost like God speaking directly to us. This was the nightly message at the 10 p.m. station break on a major channel in our area. It was designed I suppose to help make parents more aware and accountable in regard to their children. ... Read More
Odds Are, You know a Teen who Gambles: Warning Signs and Resources for Teens caught in the Gambling Trap.
Gambling is this country’s newest great American past-time. Winning the lottery is now the number one American fantasy. High schools are scheduling mock casino nights. Slot machines are available in restaurants. Charities are graduating from bingo to Las Vegas Nights and Millionaire Parties. Gran... Read More
Cybersex and Cyberporn: Guarding yourself From Temptation
The story is told of a young Christian man who moved into the attached apartment of a boarded-up storefront. Shortly after moving in, renovations began, and the store was reopened as a XXX bookstore. Night after night the young man wrestled with himself, knowing that just beyond the second door o... Read More
Commentary on Pill to end Alcoholism
Has anyone here ever heard of the Sinclair Method for handling Alcoholism before? I had not ever heard of it before yesterday, and might not have ever heard of it either, but for the podcast musings of Dr. David Van Nuys, the host of ShrinkRapRadio, who recently interviewed Dr. David Sinclair, an... Read More
Study Calls Shopping Addiction a Serious Disorder
Compulsive buying is just as common in men as in women, a nationwide telephone survey has found, and in its extreme forms may be a psychiatric illness — an impulse control disorder associated with abnormal levels of depression and anxiety. Researchers used a seven-item questionnaire to determine... Read More
THE GOOD BOOK and THE BIG BOOK: On 12 Step Interventions
By, Todd Cunningham, Pacific Hills Did you know that early A.A. in Akron was a Christian fellowship? Did you know that its basic ideas came from study of the Bible? Did you know that the pioneers claimed to achieve a 75% to 93% success rate—which they properly called “cures”—as the result of... Read More