Letter to a Faith Leader

What Spiritual Leaders Need to Know A letter from the spouse of an addict… What I Wish Father Leaders Knew About Pornography & Sexual Addiction As a wife working her recovery, when I got to my Step 9 Amends, I knew that some way or somehow, my faith leader would be on the list. I have…

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Learning From Unwanted Sexual Behaviors- Jay Stringer

The following is an abbreviated version of a presentation by Jay Stringer from the 2021 S.A. Lifeline conference. Jay Stringer is the author of Unwanted: How Sexual Brokennes Reveals Our Way To Healing. View the entire video presentation in our Digital Recovery Library. I want to talk about the stories that you and I don’t…

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This Is Where a Family Healed

I remember thinking that I would zoom in and out of therapy because I and my family would be healed! We can’t climb to the top of our figurative Mount Everests in a day and that’s alright.  

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Asking For a Room Full of Bubble Gum: When God Knows Best

With my tiny 8 year old (or there about) eyes squeezed shut and a hope that filled every cell of my little body, I said a prayer that sounded something like this: “Heavenly Father, I am learning about faith and I believe with every fiber of my being that you will answer this request: Please…

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Mom, Is Santa Claus Real?

A Message of Hope For All Faiths By S.A. Lifeline’s Executive Director, Tara McCausland For many of us, ’tis the season of twinkling lights, warm cocoa, and the age-old question that has endured through generations: Is Santa Claus real? As a parent, navigating the delicate balance of preserving the magic of childhood and revealing the…

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Self-Identifying as a Sexual Addict. Shaming or Empowering?

By Steven Croshaw, PresidentSA Lifeline Foundation: Recovering Individuals, Healing Families I tried to stop using pornography and sex with self hundreds of times, only to return to these unwanted behaviors again and again. For decades, feeling toxic shame and incredible fear I chose to hide my sexual acting-out behavior. I really wanted to stop and…

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