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Resources focused on various types of addictions and recovery

Alcoholism

Alcohol Addiction (Alcoholism) - Learn the Facts

This three-page article discusses some basic facts related to Alcoholism and how it affects a person and his life. It also addresses some signs of alcoholism and factors may put a person at risk of alcohol addiction.

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Understanding the Insanity of Alcoholism: How The Alcoholic Thinks

This brief three-page article by Jim La Pierre discusses how an alcoholic thinks and how this dysfunctional thinking affects their ability to seek and receive help. It also discuses many of the excuses alcoholics use for their condition.

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Eating Disorders

Anorexia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This six-page article, "Anorexia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment," discusses what anorexia nervosa is, its different types, how it affects a person's life, its signs and symptoms, its risk factors, physical effects in women and steps to anorexia recovery.

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Binge Eating Disorder, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and Help

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This five-page article, Binge Eating Disorder, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and Help," define what binge eating is, the cycle of binge eating, signs and symptoms, the effects and its relationship to obesity. The article will also suggest 10 strategies for overcoming binge eating and how to help someone with this eating disorder.

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Bulimia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, and Help

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This six-page article, "Bulimia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, and Help," is part of a series of articles on eating disorders such as Bulimia Nervosa. The article discusses what Bulimia is, the binge and purge cycle related to this eating disorder, its signs and symptoms, health effects, causes and risk factors and steps to bulimia treatment and recovery.

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Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery

Description for the article "Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery," Jeanne Segal and Melinda Smith This article is part of a series of articles that discuss eating disorder and how to treat two of these, Anorexia and Bulimia. The article suggest four steps to treat these disorders and offers a list of coping skills "Do" and "Don't ." It also offers some tips that a person can use to improve their self-esteem which as been found to be a key to over-coming any eating disorder problem.

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Emotional Eating - How to Recognize and Stop Emotional Eating

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This five-page article, "Emotional Eating, How to Recognize and Stop Emotional Eating," analyzes emotional eating and how to identify it and the difference between physical hunger and emotional hunger. The article also discusses the causes of emotional eating, alternatives to emotional eating four tips to controlling emotional eating.

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Helping Someone with an Eating Disorder

This five-page article addresses how to help people with three kinds of eating orders including, Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge eating, effectively offers several common eating disorder warning signs and discusses the four Myths of eating disorders. An important part of the article is the tips for parents who have children with eating disorders.

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Homosexuality

Various Articles on Homosexuality

This is a group of articles related to homosexuality and how Christian can reach them with the gospel.

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Pornography

3 Ways Porn Steals From Your Marriage

Are you allowing the enemy to steal from your marriage with pornography? Here are three ways porn steals from your marriage: 1. Porn steals honest and open communication from your marriage. 2. Porn steals a genuine unconditional love from your marriage. 3. Porn steals the utter relief of holiness from your marriage.

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8 Signs Your Partner is Addicted to Porn

This two-page article identifies some practical signs that should lead a spouse to begin a dialogue process to deal directly with the problem of porn that could eventually, if not checked, destroy their relationship.

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Pornography and Virtual Infidelity

This document contents six articles related to the topic of pornography. The articles deal with various aspects of the addiction of pornography and how it can affect the lives of the addicted person. The addiction of pornography in our society today affects the Non-Christians, Christians, men and women, young and old. Pornography is reaching into every aspect of life through the virtual reality of the internet. The articles also provide some reasons people get involved with pornography, its dangers and some practical steps on how to cure this addiction.

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The Serpent of Porn

This three-page article "The Serpent of Porn," by Steve Gallagher discussed the power of sexual temptation and its antidote based on Proverbs 5:1-3. The wise man, whose heart has been fortified with the Word of God, sees the devil behind this intoxicating temptation. He is as "crafty" as a serpent seeking to destroy its prey. This is a fitting picture of the man lured into pornography. This article is a serious warning to all who fall into the temptation of porn.

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Toxic Porn, Toxic Sex: A Real Look at Pornography

This is a six-page article that takes a honest and hard look at the destructive power of pornography. He portrays it as a dangerous out of control fire that wants to destroy everyone and everything in its path. McConnell discusses 9 lies about women that porn tries to communicate and how pornography "makes a profit from the ruined lives of young women and entraps men" into addiction. He also explains the steps to porn addiction as well as some things a person can do to control and cure it. He declares that God is the real cure to addiction and a person can be set free.

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When Children View Pornography

No parent wants to think about his child viewing pornography, but it often happens, Rob Jackson in this three-page article discusses in a practical way what to do if or when your child is intentionally or unintentionally exposed to porn and how to prevent this from happening and what to do when it does happen.

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Sexual Addiction

Giving Men Hope in the Face of Overwhelming Bondage

This two-page article by Steve Gallagher, "Giving Men Hope in the Face of Overwhelming Bondage," is written to men who are living their lives in sexual bondage and experiencing all the guilt, shame and hopelessness that this brings. He discusses 5 reasons for this hopelessness and contrasts them with 5 reasons for the hope found in God's Word and His plan of salvation.

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Masturbation...What Does God Think?

This three-page article discusses what the Bible says about sex and masturbation. He uses his own life as an example of how masturbation contributed to his sexual addiction until he allow the power of God set him free.

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Helping Someone with an Eating Disorder

This five-page article addresses how to help people with three kinds of eating orders including, Ano...

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Various Articles on Homosexuality

This is a group of articles related to homosexuality and how Christian can reach them with the gospe...

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Giving Men Hope in the Face of Overwhelming Bondage

This two-page article by Steve Gallagher, "Giving Men Hope in the Face of Overwhelming Bondage," is...

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Masturbation...What Does God Think?

This three-page article discusses what the Bible says about sex and masturbation. He uses his own li...

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Bulimia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, and Help

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This six-page article, "Bulimia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment, and...

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Binge Eating Disorder, Symptoms, Causes, Treatment and Help

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This five-page article, Binge Eating Disorder, Symptoms, Causes, Treatme...

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Anorexia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This six-page article, "Anorexia Nervosa, Signs, Symptoms, Causes, and T...

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Emotional Eating - How to Recognize and Stop Emotional Eating

Found on www.HELPGUIDE.org. This five-page article, "Emotional Eating, How to Recognize and Stop Emo...

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