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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When Life Falls Apart During the Holidays
When life falls apart during the holidays, we can learn to cope by practicing surrender.
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Contrasting Healthy Sexuality & Pornographic Portrayals of Sexuality
Many people erroneously think of pornography as a substitute or preparation for healthy sexual relations. Healthy sexuality and intimacy, however, stand in sharp contrast to pornographic portrayals of sexuality.
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Self-Identifying as a Sexual Addict. Shaming or Empowering?
By Steven Croshaw, President S.A. 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…
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I Like Red
It wasn’t until God reminded me that I like red, that I realized that I had lost myself. I was stunned to realize that my favorite color was important to God because it surely wasn’t important to me at that point.
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God, Please Heal My Broken Heart
Living through deep pain and coming out the other side has allowed me to be more vulnerable with other women, and to both celebrate and mourn with them whole-heartedly. My resilience has birthed a new self-respect, and my boundari
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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…
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