Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Identify your addiction
Addictive behaviours and the addictive process
Any activity, substance, object or behaviour that become the
major focus of a person’s life to the exclusion of other activities or that has
begun to harm the individual or others physically, mentally, or socially is
considered an addictive behaviour. A
person can become addicted, dependent or compulsively obsessed with anything.
Some researches imply that there are similarities between physical addiction to
various chemicals, such as alcohol and heroin, and psychological dependence to
activities such as compulsive gambling, sex, work, running, shipping, or eating
disorders.
It is thought that these behaviour activities may produce
beta-endorphins in the brain, which makes the person feel ‘high’. Some experts
suggest that if a person continues to engage in the activity to achieve this feeling
of well-being and euphoria, he or she may get into an addictive cycle. In so
doing he/she becomes physically addicted to his/her own brain chemicals, thus
leading to continuation of the behaviour even though it may have negative
health or social consequences. Others feel that these are just bad habits. It
isn’t. This is a full blown addiction.
Most physical addictions to substance such as alcohol,
heroin or barbiturates also have a psychological component. For example an alcoholic who has not used
alcohol for years may still crave a drink. Thus some researches feel that we
need to look at both physical and psychological dependencies upon a variety of
substance, activities and behaviours as an addictive process and as addictive
behaviours. They suggest that all of
these behaviours have a host of commonalities that make them even more similar than different from each other and that they should not be divided into
separate categories or problems.
Identify your addiction:
There are many common characteristics among the various addictive behaviours:
· The person becomes obsessed (constantly thinks
of) the object, activity or substance
· They will seek it out or engage in the behaviour
even though it is causing harm (physical problems, poor work or study
performance, problems with friends, family, loved ones, fellow workers)
· The person will compulsively engage in the
activity - that is do the activity over and over even if she/he does not want
to and find it difficult to stop.
· Upon ending the activity, withdrawal symptoms
often occur. These can include irritability, craving, restlessness or
depression.
· The person does not appear to have control as to
when, how long, or how much he or she will continue the behaviour (you now have
lost control). (They drink 6 beers when they only wanted one, buy 8 pairs of
shoes when they only needed a belt, ate the whole box of cookies, eventually
get caught up in homosexuality or child pornography when they only wanted to
look at a few naked pictures).
· He/she often denies problems resulting from
his/her engagement in the behaviour, even though others can the negative
effects.
·
Person hides the behaviour after family or close
friends have mentioned their concern (hide food under beds, alcohol bottles in
closets, doesn’t show spouse credit card bills, passwords on websites and
personal profiles, etc.)
· Many individuals with addictive behaviours
report a blackout for the time they were engaging in the behaviour (don’t remember
how much or what they bought, how much they lost gambling, how many miles they
ran on a sore foot, what they did at the party when drinking etc.)
· Depression is common in individuals with
addictive behaviours. That is why it is
important to find out what is going on.
·
Individuals with addictive behaviours often have
I low self-esteem, feel anxious if they do not have control over their environment
and comes from psychologically or physically abusive families.
Addictive persons
often becomes violent themselves towards loved ones, express road rage and are
highly irritable with those around them.
This often is the result of suppressing their cravings for their
addiction or when they want to hide the matter at hand.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
No regrets
Look forward with HOPE not backwards with REGRET....Irrespective of your past, where you have been, what you have done...or how many times. Jesus is the Author of Hope.
He is HOPE.
Give Him your life, start afresh.
Let today be a new beginning for you.
Let your day start with HOPE today.
Let HOPE take control.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Friday, June 15, 2012
forgive like Jesus
One night in a church
service a young woman felt the tug of God at her heart. She responded to God's
call and accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior. The young woman had a very
rough past, involving alcohol, drugs, and prostitution. But, the change in her
was evident. As time went on she became a faithful member of the church. She eventually became involved in the
ministry, teaching young children. It was not very long until this faithful young woman had caught the eye and heart of the pastor's
son. The relationship grew and
they began to make wedding plans. This is when the problems began.
About one half of the church did not think that a woman with a past such as hers was
suitable for a pastor's son. The church began to argue and fight about the
matter. So they decided to have a meeting. As the people made their arguments
and tensions increased, the meeting was getting completely out of hand. The young woman became very upset about all
the things being brought up about her past. As she began to cry the pastor's
son stood to speak. He could not bear the pain it was causing his wife to be.
He began to speak and his statement was this: "My fiancee's past is not what is on trial here. What you are questioning is the ability of
the blood of Jesus to wash away sin. Today you have put the blood of Jesus on
trial. So, does it wash away sin or not?"
The whole church began to weep as they realized that they had been slandering
the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. Too often, even as Christians, we bring up
the past and use it as a weapon
against our brothers and sisters.
Forgiveness is a very fundamental part of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. If the blood of Jesus does not cleanse the
other person completely then it cannot cleanse us completely. If that is the case, then we are all in a lot
of trouble.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Monday, May 21, 2012
Anger
Anyone can become angry - that is easy.
But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right
time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - this is is the challenge.”
~ Aristotle’s
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Deck of Cards vs. The Holy Bible
This is the lyrics of an old song...
Friends, this is Tex Ritter with a strange story about a soldier boy and
a deck of cards.
During the North African campaign, a bunch of soldier boys had been on a long
hike and they arrived in a little town called Casino. The next morning being
Sunday, several of the boys went to church. A sergeant commanded the boys in
church and after the Chaplin had read the prayer the text was taken up next.
Those of the boys who had a prayer book took them out. But this one boy only
had a deck of card and so he spread them out. The sergeant saw the cards and
said, “Soldier, put away those cards.” After the services were over the soldier
was taken prisoner and was taken before the provost marshal. The marshal said
sergeant, “Why have you brought this man here?” “For playing cards in church,
Sir.” “And what do you have to say for yourself son?” “Much, Sir” replied the
soldier. The Marshal said, “I hope for if not, I shall punish you more than any
man was ever punished.” The soldier said, “Sir, I have been on a march for six
days and I had neither bible or prayer book, but I hope to satisfy you, Sir,
with the purity of my intentions.” With that the boy started his story.
You see sir when I see the Ace, it reminds me that there is but one God.
And the deuce reminds me the bible is divided into two parts, the Old
and the New Testament.
And when I see the three, I think of the Father, the
Son, and the Holy Ghost.
When I see the four, I think of the four evangelists who preached the
gospel, there was Mathew, Mark, Luke and John.
And when I see the five it reminds me of the five wise virgins who
trimmed their lamps. There were ten of them, five were wise and were saved and
five were foolish and were shut out.
And when I see the six it reminds me that in six days God made this
great heaven and earth. A
nd when I see the seven it reminds me that on the seventh day God rested
from his great work.
And when I see the eight, I think of the eight righteous people God saved
when he destroyed this earth. There was Noah, his wife, their three sons and
their wives.
And when I think of the nine, I think of the leapers our savior cleansed
and nine of the ten didn’t even thank him.
When I see the ten, I think of the ten commandments God handed down to
Moses on a table of stone.
When I see the king, it reminds me that there is but one king in heaven,
God all Mighty.
And when I see the queen, I think of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is
queen of heaven.
And the Jack or knave is the Devil.
When I count the number of spots of a deck of cards I find three hundred and
sixty-five, the number of days in a year. There are fifty-two cards, the number
of weeks in a year. There’s four suits, the number of weeks in a month. There’s
twelve picture cards, the number of months in a year. There are thirteen
tricks, the number of weeks in a quarter.
So you see, Sir, my deck of cards serves me as a Bible, almanac, and prayer
book.
And friends I know that story is true cause I knew that soldier.
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