May 17, 2012

S.A. Lifeline Foundation Offers New and Improved Website for Those with Pornography Addictions

For the victims and families of those suffering from pornography addictions, S.A. Lifeline Foundation has launched a brand new website that offers assistance and hope for recovery.

This new website is a dramatic step in the effort of S.A. Lifeline Foundation to provide education and information to those afflicted, associated, or addicted to pornography.

Lehi, UT (Vocus/PRWEB ) April 18, 2010 — As pornography becomes increasingly accessible through the Internet, the epidemic of porn addiction is on a steady rise. Knowing this, Utah based S.A. Lifeline Foundation has just launched their redesigned website in an effort to provide a new and improved platform for delivering the message of hope that recovery from pornography addiction is possible.

“This new website is a dramatic step in the effort of S.A. Lifeline Foundation to provide education and information to those afflicted, associated, or addicted to pornography,” said Steven Croshaw of S.A. Lifeline Foundation.

Though the old website was a powerful vehicle for assisting victims and their families, this new website has widely expanded its content offering, improved its graphic interface, added additional support products and videos, expanded the shopping cart and boasts a number of other added features that elevate the already stellar services. [Read more...]

Understanding the Addictive Nature of Pornography

Donald L. Hilton, Jr., MD the author of “He Restoreth my Soul” was asked to provide insight into  Pornography Addiction for a new LDS website called Combating Pornography. We found these comments very useful and informative. I have included an excerpt of the article below, as well as a link to the entire article.  Please take time to read this important information.

“Like a computer, the brain stores memories on a “hard drive.” This part of the brain is called the cerebral cortex, which also generates cognition and thought and initiates motor function. It may be called the “thinking” part of the brain. Under the cortex is a relay station called the thalamus, which is integrated into an area under it termed the brainstem. The thalamus and brainstem, among other important functions, regulate pleasure and pain and reward activities such as eating and sexuality, which are important in the survival of the individual and species. [Read more...]

Is Pornography a problem?

We received the following comment from a recent visitor to our site.  We asked Don Hilton JR, MD a leading neurosurgeon and author of “He Restoreth My Soul” to provide his input and feedback.  Many in the world share the same attitude and belief towards Pornography / Sexual Addiction as our recent visitor.

Please feel to comment.  We are happy to help in anyway that we can.

Visitor:

Greetings,

The assertion of this website is that pornography and the addiction that it causes, creates great havoc. In what way?   Removing religion and long held beliefs regarding marriage and sexuality (neither of which are in accordance with our nature), I don’t understand how pornography in any way harms sexually healthy adults. Drugs by definition will take a perfectly healthy person and kill them, or at best seriously damage their bodies. I have not found evidence that pornography does this in any way. I believe that what I am seeing is a way to make money off of people who don’t really need treatment or providing marginal benefits to someone who should be seeing a psychiatrist for serious psychological issues that manifest themselves through sexual “addiction”. Like treating the symptom instead of the cause, it is of marginal value. Much of your funding could come from churches and right wing moralists if it doesn’t already. “Financial tip of the day.”

Don Hilton’s response:


Your questions and assertions require more space and time than a simple blog permit, but I provide references for you to explore if you truly desire to learn more about this. [Read more...]

Pornography Addiction Recovery: Healing One Step at a Time

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In June of 2009, Lia McClanahan wrote a wonderful article outlining the resources available to those who suffer from addiction.  She shares uplifting and hopeful stories about those that have used these resources to overcome the addictions that have bound them.   This is an excerpt from her article.

When he was arrested a second time for drunk driving, he was ordered to get treatment. In the Church’s program, he learned that receiving forgiveness and regaining a sense of self-worth were possible. He attended church every Sunday, studied the 12 steps, and applied these gospel principles and actions to his life. He became willing to turn his life over to Heavenly Father and, in the process, learned how to love himself and how to let the Atonement work in his life. “I couldn’t overcome all these things by myself,” he says. “The Savior can do for me what I can’t do for myself.”

Those who struggle with addiction aren’t the only ones who can experience a mighty change: loved ones find that as they apply the 12 steps to their own lives and attend recovery meetings, they can experience the blessings of the Atonement in regard to their own grief. In some areas the addiction recovery program provides support groups for family and friends, who discover that the Savior can heal them of the pain, anger, and guilt that loved ones sometimes feel.

Please take a minute and read or listen to this wonderful article.  We believe that it can help you as you look for answers on how to overcome your or anothers addiction with Pornography / Sexual Addiction.

You can view the article here:  Addiction Recovery, By Lia McClanahan

Or download it here:  Pornography / Sexual Addiction Recovery Lia McClanahan

Of Souls, Symbols and Sacraments

Jeffrey R. Holland was president of Brigham Young University when this devotional address was delivered on 12 January 1988 in the Marriott Center.

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

We are sharing this speech with you becasue we believe that it delivers a pure message about Human Intimacy.  This speech was delivered over 20 years ago, and still has significant relevance in today’s society.   Please take the time to read this article as well as share it with anyone you think could benefit from it.


The follwoing is an excerpt from this talk:

“My topic is that of human intimacy, a topic as sacred as any I know and more sacred than anything
I have ever addressed from this podium. If I am not careful and you are not supportive, this subject
can slide quickly from the sacred into the merely sensational, and I would be devastated if that happened.
It would be better not to address the topic at all than to damage it with casualness or carelessness.
Indeed, it is against such casualness and carelessness that I wish to speak. So I ask for your faith and
your prayers and your respect.”

Please click on the link below to begin reading the article.

Of Souls, Symbols and Sacraments