My wife and I are currently packing up our house getting ready to move. It is amazing how many things have accumulated in the closets and drawers of our lives. Every drawer we open and closet we clean out leads us say, “Where did that come from,” “I forgot we had this,” or, “I’ve been…
Category: Addiction
Addiction and The Man In the Maze
“What’s that?” I asked Lehi Sanchez, pointing the large, silver ring on his index finger. Lehi is a talented artist and a Native American of Navajo descent. “This?” he pulled off the ring and handed it to me. “It’s ‘the man in the maze,’ a Native American symbol commonly found in Southwest Arizona. It’s a…
Fight Pornography – The New Drug
A few months ago, I came across this WICKED AWESOME organization called Fight The New Drug, and I became an instant groupie/fan/supporter! I LOVE everything they are doing in the fight against pornography. Do you know how addictive and prevalent pornography is today? The University of Pennsylvania Mental Heath Department says: “Porn is one of the most concerning things…
Fear and the path to Love: Part III
Developing a Practice If you are just joining in on the ride, this is the latest addition in a series of posts dedicated to exploring addiction and recovery, the path from fear to love. I began by talking a bit about our fears and irrational beliefs that keep us stuck in self-defeating patterns and went…
Fear and the path to Love: Part II
Awareness with Grace In my last post, I spoke about how our fears and irrational beliefs can keep us stuck in self-defeating patterns. I also introduced an idea called ‘the fear cycle,’ and proposed that analysis of our personal fear cycles can help us learn to interrupt the process that leads to self-defeating behavior. There…
Fear and the path to Love
I would like to begin writing a series of posts on addiction. What I am about to speak on–Fear and the path to Love–is not strictly about addictions, per se. However, I have found that developing a deeper understanding of my fears was a powerful tool in my my own recovery process. I believe that…
Defeating PTSD: Recognition
My road to coping with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been a difficult one. I didn’t even know that I needed any help or that I really had a problem until someone else gently helped me to realize it. I was 23 before I ever stepped foot into a therapist’s office. Bob and I were…
To Love And Be Loved
“If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love” (Tolstoy) Tis the season of LOVE. With Valentine’s Day closely approaching I thought I would share some of my favorite thoughts, quotes, ideas, etc on love. There’s something exciting about an entire day that focuses on people giving and…