Alcoholism and Its Impact on Your Children
Alcoholism is a very serious problem affecting not just the alcoholic, but also those around him or her. The people affected the most are the children of alcoholics who were born while their parents were alcoholics and even those who were adults and had to deal with it.
As a Drunk Sees it #8
This is the 8th in a series of articles being written to help alcoholics/addicts and those they affect. The articles are written as suggestions to help the reader better understand the thinking and behaviors of the addicted personality. There is also information included to outline and explain the rehabilitation process. The author is a recovering [...]
Family & Friends of Addicts – Delaying the Bottom
Practical help for those Family & Friends of Addicts who now know without a doubt there is addiction in your home. How do you continue in a role of family and friend without jeopardizing your principles and trying to maintain a relationship with the addict? You hear so much about “tough love” and now it [...]
Addicted to Your Pleasure and Pain, Are You? Come On, Break Free!
Addiction can be a tricky one. There is the build up and the high with its rush and then there is the low and the guilt and shame and feeling so stupid. We are addicted to pleasure and pain. Sometimes it’s the pain that we get from our addiction that is the stronger addiction. With [...]
How I Broke Free of a 20 Year Sex Addiction – And What You Can Do to Help Others! Part 1
Can a guy who sleeps with a prostitute every two weeks and who goes to church and who has the gifts of the Spirit go to heaven? I thought he could as long as he said sorry and repented – I couldn’t possibly lose my salvation from something I couldn’t conquer. I struggled for 20 [...]
How I Broke Free of a 20 Year Sex Addiction – And What You Can Do to Help Others! Part 2
Can a guy who sleeps with a prostitute every two weeks and who goes to church and who has the gifts of the Spirit go to heaven? I thought he could as long as he said sorry and repented, I couldn’t possibly lose my salvation from something I couldn’t conquer. I struggled for 20 years [...]
How to Cure Addictions and Become Self-Confident
If you have many addictions you’ll learn how to transform them into habits. This means that you’ll learn not to exaggerate. The overdose is what transforms your habits in addictions. If you drink only one or two glasses of wine, this is not bad at all; this is good for your heart. However, if you [...]
Family Dynamics of Addiction – Family Systems Can Work For Or Against Your Recovery
Alcoholics/addicts do not normally live in a world made up exclusively of alcoholics and addicts. Most people suffering from addictions have a multitude of people in their lives who are affected by the addiction. In a family (and any system) each part affects every other part–not only in active addiction, but in recovery. When there [...]
The Minnesota Model of Addiction Treatment – What is It, What Works, and What’s Next?
The Minnesota Model is described by McElrath in 1997 as being “inextricably interwoven with the program, practice and philosophy of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)”. The AA movement conferred the belief that alcoholism is a physical, mental and spiritual illness and developed the Twelve Steps, which outline a spiritual solution, and the concept of a fellowship where [...]
With True Repentance You Can Be Set Free From Pornography and Walk Away
I have heard that the men in the church that have an addiction to pornography is a huge percentage. I know a lady very well that almost left her husband over it and the Lord stepped in and healed him. It’s a subject that isn’t often talked about and yet 30% of the men that [...]