Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 12, 2009
OLDER ADDICTS
In 2005, 184,400 Americans who were admitted to drug treatment programs (roughly 10% of the total) were over 50, up from 143,000, (8%) in 2001. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration foresees 4.4 million older substance abusers by 2020 vs. 1.7 million in 2001.
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ADDICTION | Angeles Arrien, a cultural anthropologist, describes our situation this way. She says our condition is one of universal addiction. She has written that we are all afflicted with addictions, not necessarily to drugs or alcohol or other substances -- those are merely symptoms -- but
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Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Don Mcclain on Jan 21, 2003
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ADDICTION: The existence of Gamblers Anonymous implies that gambling can be addictive! -
Current estimates list approximately 2.5 million people as pathological gamblers, another 3 million as problem gamblers, and another 15 million people as at risk to become problem or
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 2, 2006
Pornography & Sexual Addiction: The National Coalition for the Protection of Children & Families reports Americans invested $220 million at fee-based adult sites in ‘01, and 27.5 million visited a pornography website in January ‘02. 3%-6% of the U.S. public is thought to be sexually addicted. More
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Pornography Addiction has a deadly progression says Tom Buford a converted porn addict, “Our thanks to Morality In Media for the use of the following information from Healing Sexual and Pornography Addictions by Dr. Victor Cline.”
1. FIRST STEP - ADDICTION - "The first change that happened was an
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
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JOYCE MEYERS: ADDICTED TO PEACE
"It sounds strange but when I started learning to be peaceful, I was bored at first. I was so accustomed to having something major go on in my life all the time that I wondered what am I supposed to do with myself. That describes how my life used to be. I had no
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Contributed by James Snyder on Aug 7, 2020
Some people say we are living in the "new normal." I'm not sure exactly what they mean, and I don't have the time to ask, nor the desire.
If the "new normal" is what I have been experiencing in the parsonage for the last several months, I'm all for it. Let it
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Christian Missionary Alliance
Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 9, 2011
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JUNK-FOOD ADDICTIONS
If we’re going to get our appetite back for the pure, spiritual milk of God’s Word, then we need to get rid of the junk food of broken relationships. We need to put away those wrong attitudes of the heart that keep us from loving each other.
The five things listed here are
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THE PUNISHMENT OF THE GOLF ADDICT
Once there was a man who was such a golf addict that he was neglecting his job. Frequently he would call in sick as an excuse to play.
One morning, after making his usual call to the office, an angel up above spotted him on the way to the golf course and decided
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Contributed by Sermon Central on May 3, 2012
TOP TEN ADDICTIONS
The top 10 addictions verify these statements:
Alcohol, smoking, drugs, gambling, food, video games, internet, sexual, shopping, work
People succumb to these addictions in search of peace and fulfillment; but fail to realize either one. It is a sad, circular, dangerous, and
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 18, 2007
Reduce Risk The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse has identified religious involvement and family dinners as the two key factors reducing risk of teen
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Contributed by Mark Eberly on Dec 2, 2007
Anne Lamont was addicted to coke and alcohol, involved in a messy affair that produced a child whom she had just aborted, and she watched her best friend die of cancer. Sometimes Anne would visit a small church nearby sitting in the back listening to the singing but always leaving before the
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Church Of God
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Pornography Addiction - Did you know?
a. ...that pornography consumption can be as mood altering and as addictive as narcotics? (Richard Drake, assistant professor at Brigham Young University College of Nursing) In fact, some studies have indicated that pornography can have the same effect on the
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Jun 26, 2007
When we get taken over by habits, addictions or patterns of behaviour which stunt our purpose in life it is often helpful to do something to break the cycle. Just as it’s good for a recovering alcoholic to get rid of every drop of alcohol in the house, there was an occasion when I threw away two
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Anglican