Free Step Friday: Gall of Bitterness (Step 1)

Recovery, Step 1, Twelve Steps, writing

What is Free Step Friday (#freestepfriday)? Click here for details. Scripture Mosiah 27:29—My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and bonds of iniquity. I was in the darkest abyss;…My soul was racked with eternal torment. Gall of bitterness? Bonds of...

The Faith that Leads to Deliverance

Addiction, Recovery

I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance. (1 Nephi 1:20; emphasis added) Abstinence is not a result of anything I do.  It is...

A Crash Course

Christ, Recovery, Twelve Steps

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. (Luke 11:9) A Twelve Step program is a crash course in how to prepare to meet God. If you sincerely follow the twelve steps, you will not only recover...

At War Against a Common Enemy (Part 5)

Change of Heart, Christ, From Heartache to Healing, Recovery

Part 1  |  Part 2  |  Part 3  |  Part 4  |  Part 5 [This post is excerpted from Chapter 3 of From Heartache to Healing: Finding Power in Christ to Deal with a Loved One’s Sexual Addiction by Colleen C. & Philip A. Harrison.]   Coming to Know the Unfailing...

At War Against a Common Enemy (Part 4)

Change of Heart, Christ, From Heartache to Healing, Recovery

Part 1  |  Part 2  |  Part 3  |  Part 4  |  Part 5 [This post is excerpted from Chapter 3 of From Heartache to Healing: Finding Power in Christ to Deal with a Loved One’s Sexual Addiction by Colleen C. & Philip A. Harrison.]   Escaping the Lies Satan Has...

At War Against a Common Enemy (Part 2)

Codependency, From Heartache to Healing, Perfectionism, Recovery

Part 1  |  Part 2  |  Part 3  |  Part 4  |  Part 5 [This post is excerpted from Chapter 3 of From Heartache to Healing: Finding Power in Christ to Deal with a Loved One’s Sexual Addiction by Colleen C. & Philip A. Harrison.]   Some of the Lies Satan Uses...