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Friday, October 18th, 2019

Are You Struggling to Find a Higher Power?

By Scott Brassart Developing and maintaining a spiritual connection is often mentioned as a basic tenet of recovery from all forms of addiction. In fact, the 12 steps of...
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Wednesday, October 16th, 2019

The Invisible Disease to Please

By Gavin Sharpe Make someone happy Make just one someone happy And you will be happy too – Make Someone Happy Song Lyrics, 1960 Make Someone Happy As the song...
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Tuesday, October 15th, 2019

How Paying Attention Protects Our Children from Porn

By Forest Benedict The discovery of a child’s first pornography exposure is every parent’s nightmare. Yet I have heard enough stories and done enough research to believe that all parents...
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Thursday, October 10th, 2019

Three Ways to Stay Attracted As You Age

By Janis Roszler Staying attracted to a partner as they age can be a real challenge. It’s not easy to get into the mood when all you see are...
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Wednesday, October 9th, 2019

Setting Healthy Boundaries as Part of Recovery

By Scott Brassart When I entered recovery, I thought I had boundaries. I was wrong. What I had was a set of very thick, very tall, barbed wire topped...
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Tuesday, October 8th, 2019

Meth, Sex, and Power: A Tragedy in West Hollywood

By David Fawcett PhD, LCSW Most of the world only recently heard about Ed Buck, a California man in whose home three men overdosed, including two African American men...
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Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

I, Andrew, Take You, Porn, To Be My Wife

By Andrew Bauman Pornography use is not merely dependence but intimate relationship. Giving up pornography is not like learning to eat less chocolate or going to the gym more...
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Tuesday, October 1st, 2019

Step 5 for Non-Addicts: The Power of Telling Your Story

By Kristin Snowden MA, LMFT In previous posts to this site, I have explored how Step 1, Step 2, Step 3, and Step 4 of the 12 Steps of recovery can help non-addicts...
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Thursday, September 26th, 2019

Addiction, Technology, Social Connection, and Recovery

By David Fawcett PhD, LCSW For many years it was believed that drugs, including alcohol and heroin, were inherently mood-altering, that their very use would inevitably lead to addiction....
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