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Sobriety Is Not Recovery
There are conscious and underlying unconscious drives for all compulsive behaviors. Because of this sobriety is not the same as recovery.
Personal Growth: Beyond Behavior Management
Whether it is addiction, anger, marriage, or simply feeling stuck, change is hard. That’s not surprising given that we are wonderfully deep and complex creatures. Part of the joy of being a counselor is getting to explore the wilds of a person’s heart with them. When we can frame change in terms of what we want to be true rather than what we want to not be true it taps into those deeper places.
AI and Pornography Addiction
AI is new on the scene and showing up everywhere including in pornography. It creates a unique and intoxicating experience that amplifies porn’s already addictive properties. What does this new syle of engagement do to our souls?
Feeling Down Today
Down and depressed days can swoop in on the unsuspecting heart like an owl at midnight on a rabbit grazing in the cool grass. The heart is taken aback and thrown into hopelessness under the weight of the seemingly unending circumstances that squeeze all lightness of spirit out. Everything can suddenly feel heavy and unmovable.
Depression has a way of acting unpredictably for those who suffer with it. It can move in at a moment’s notice. The brain seems unexplainably primed for it sometimes.
White Knuckling Porn
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of hearing it. Quitting porn is not as easy as simply stopping.