Understand the basics of addiction and discover what maintains it while learning methods that can be implemented in freeing ourselves from its grasp.
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ADDICTIONS: PART 3: PORNOGRAPHY |
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Written by Larry Dunning
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Tuesday, 30 September 2008 |
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Sexuality...it's hard-wired into our biology--for good
reason! If we weren't sexual beings, the human race would cease to
exist!! But, because of that "hard-wiring," sometimes sexual
behaviors get embedded into our biology so strongly, that they threaten to take
over our existence. Let's look at one such behavior that can become so
powerful that we crave it, obsess over it, and devote many hours to pursuing
it--accessing of pornography. Many of those addicted to pornography
consider it a "victimless crime"--"It's something I do on my own
time, and it's not hurting anyone!!" we sometimes hear. But is it
really? Do the hours spent poring over internet sites rob us of time we
could be interacting with our "significant other" or our
children? Do those hours reduce our productivity at work, which
essentially robs our employer, who is paying us to be a productive
employee? Let's take a look at how addiction to pornography can develop,
and how it might be brought under control.
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ADDICTIONS: PART 2: SHOPLIFTING |
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Written by Larry Dunning
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Monday, 25 August 2008 |
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Let's take a look at another addiction, one that perhaps isn't always recognized as an addiction--shoplifting. Now, not all shoplifting can be classified as part of an addiction. Tommy taking a Snickers bar from the local Save-Mart probably doesn't rise to the level of an addiction--assuming this is a one-time, spur of the moment event. However, if shoplifting becomes something difficult to control, becomes somewhat obsessive, if it tends to fulfill financial and/or emotional needs, and is marked by a tendency to want more and more over time, we may be looking at an addiction. Let's take a look at Emily's struggle with a shoplifting addiction...
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ADDICTIONS: PART 1: EATING DISORDER |
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Written by Larry Dunning
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Saturday, 09 August 2008 |
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Addictions seem to be an inherent part of our culture. We’re constantly bombarded with reports about
the effects of meth abuse, babies addicted to crack, individuals who are caught
shoplifting, pornography rings, and news of crimes that relate to those
addictions. How do these addictive
behaviors arise, and why are they so hard to stop? Addictions seem to offer us a “path to
happiness” or at least an immediate relief from suffering and emotional pain. They seem to offer us an attractive, but
misguided, solution to our problems, and unfortunately, become embedded in our
physiology. They become part of our
neurochemistry--how our brain copes with life’s challenges. Let’s look at a few addictions, and see how
they commonly develop and why they often persist…
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