Note from Josh: Today I turn over the reins to Hugh Houston, who has written the inspirational and successful book, "Jesus is Better Than Porn." He has graciously allowed me to excerpt a piece of his book that talks about what a mind that focussed on porn needs to be replaced with. I know Amazon…
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The Longer I’m in Recovery, The More I Avoid Conflict from Differing Opinions
Over the years, my wife has pointed out to me that I tend to speak of the Boston Red Sox in terms of “we” as in “We just may have made the greatest mistake in trading away Mookie Betts since we let Babe Ruth go to the Yankees.” My wife is the first to point…
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How Does Your State Rank When it Comes to Mental Health?
I don’t want this entry to get political, but I feel many people are going to interpret it that way. That’s the problem with providing data these days. There are no such things as facts if people don’t want to believe objective information, and most people take their talking points from whatever cable news channel…
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Always Staying Ahead of the Next Obsession is the New Normal in Recovery
Anybody else feel weird when a repairman is at the house, like you're not sure just how much of the process you're supposed to participate in or what proximity you're supposed to maintain? I've got the guy in my mud room right now trying to figure out why my dryer won't dry and am trying…
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Six Years After Starting Recovery, I Make One of My Biggest Advances Toward Normalcy
I did something I’m actually going to brag about, that I never would have thought I would have done in a million years, but it felt like such a step forward, I’ve been meaning to come here and write about it to show people just how far you move away from mistakes you made and…