7 ways to improve your brain power in recovery
Our brains control everything we do. The road to recovery from addiction starts with making your brain the best it can be. By starting here, it makes it much easier for you to gain control of your life. Read More
10 targets for teen recovery success
How can teens and parents know if recovery is working? The answer is by using targets to measure progress. Like rock cairns, which guide hikers along a path, targets tell us where we are and when we are being successful.Read More
Does your teen have a problem with pornography?
It is easy to be deceived today with the many lies promoted through the various media. Another danger is the unwillingness to face the truth when it comes to ourselves. It can be confusing trying to figure out if your teen has a problem with pornography. This short quiz can help you determine if your teen needs help.Read More
4 things family members can do to support the recovery process
Support by family members is important. Family therapy can also serve to identify and bring out in to the open unhealthy behavior. For example, parents becoming overly focused on the struggling teen and neglecting other siblings. In therapy, parents learn to focus on what they can control, and then they learn how best to support all of the family.Read More
Cybersex, the “Great Accelerator”
Pornography and online activities can become a compulsive problem in a very short time. Patrick Carnes, a leading authority on sexual addiction, refers to cybersex as the “great accelerator” of sexually compulsive behavior. Sex online creates so many options and allows people to become involved in sexual behavior that they otherwise would never have explored. Read More
9 Steps for Pastors Struggling with Pornography
Pastor, there are three things that need to be said. First, there are many pastors like yourself who struggle with pornography. Second, you must address and help the people struggling in your congregation. And third, you cannot help others with this problem until you get help.Read More
Intimacy Anorexia and Sex Addicts
Addicts are very lonely. They may be active and sociable with many friends. But in terms of the deeper emotional connection to a partner, they tend to keep themselves on a starvation diet. Read More
Basic Strategies of Spiritual Warfare
My upcoming book, Pure Teens: Honoring God, Relationships, and Sex, is a valuable, practical resource for every Christian teen about relationships and sex—and why it is such a big deal to God. Here’s an excerpt on dealing with spiritual warfare.Read More
Teens, Pornography, and Freedom Groups
For a long time, pornography and sexual addiction was considered an adult problem. This is hardly the case anymore—many calls are coming to the offices of counselors in search of help for teens.Read More
Advice for Parents of Teens with a Pornography Problem
Parents are finding it more and more difficult to protect their children from pornography. Most adolescents are spending sizeable amounts of time online for entertainment or homework. No teen today is completely safe from the possibility of falling into the porn trap.Read More