18 hours ago by dmonk

Instead of pretending to be perfectionists … we are content if we are making progress. The main thing is to be growing. We realize that perfectionism is only a result of false pride and an excuse to save our faces. [As addicts] we are willing to make mistakes and to stumble, provided we are always s ...

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3 days ago by dmonk

Live Pure or Die What can you expect to gain by choosing manhood and the purity that goes with it? By winning this war, your life will be blessed in tremendous ways. Your victory will recover what was lost through sin. Victory will help you … regain and revitalize your relationship with God regain a ...

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4 days ago by Doctor Life

“What is sexual addiction?” This question is often met with humor and misinformation. It is not a “high sex drive” or a problem that occurs when one partner wants sex more than the other. Sexual addiction is a destructive disorder that harms not only the addicted person, but also reeks havoc in the ...

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4 days ago by c

I don’t. I don’t understand it. I’m learning. And the learning is slow. I was told I have a misconception about addiction. And it’s true, I do believe there is some element of choice made by adults who re addicted. I was told by a professional today that addicts are not in control of the addiction, ...

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5 days ago by dmonk

I am now past the six month point in the Battle for Purity and suddenly things seem to be getting harder. — Last week was series of stumbles for me. It began with masturbation while my wife was out-of-town. This was accompanied by fantasizing to images of women in my head. The bottom-line requiremen ...

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7 days ago by Bhodi Li

Today Marina and I got into a big fight over her room. Since she was a small child, Marina's room has always been a bit of a disaster area. It regularly looks like a small tornado, or micro-burst, started to go through her room; realized half-way through that the tornado was actually making the room ...

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9 days ago by dmonk

S T U M B L E D Tagged: addiction, every man's battle, sex addict, sexual addiction, sexual sin

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9 days ago by Hope

North of the 55th parallel the days are getting noticeably darker, earlier. I feel tired more than not. Or at least it seems that way. Up here we don't count days to Christmas, but rather days until the Winter Solstice, after which, hopes grows with every minute of increasing daylight. Yes, we count ...

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10 days ago

Image by Rennett Stowe via Flickr When you share your story (if you ever do) with others… where do you start? Do you begin with childhood? Or you’re favorite memory? Or you’re darkest moment? Or somewhere else? Now, thinking about those who are Christians reading this… where do you start your story ...

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11 days ago by David Stevens

Patrick Carnes wrote, Out of the Shadows, a book designed to help identify and overcome sexual addiction. In this book, he gives the signs of compulsive sexuality which can be a helpful guide to diagnosing sexual addiction. The formula he gives is called SAFE. 1. It is a secret. Anything that cannot ...

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