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God’s Spirit can help you see that your behavior is wrong and give you the strength to stop it.
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It can be sinful, if accompanied by wrong lustful thoughts.
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Many people are plagued by addictions. One of the most common and most harmful addictions is to prescription painkillers. How can you avoid this sort of addiction? If you currently are addicted to these drugs, how can you get help? Read to...
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The curse of addictions takes an enormous toll on people and society as a whole. Addictions take many forms and often are very destructive. How can a person break free?
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What are the factors that can lead a person into addiction? Understanding those factors and how they reinforce each other is a first step to breaking free of many addictions.
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Sexual addiction occurs in many forms and can be very destructive spiritually. How can it be overcome?
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Many suffer from difficult physical and psychological addictions that hinder their lives. Breaking free from addictions can be a long, painful promise. The example of a First Lady of the United States provides clarity and motivation to...
Compass Check
As I traveled my highway to addiction, there were certain road signs that, in hindsight, documented my downward spiral. As we progress through my story, I will denote these “signs” with an asterisk (*) .
![A person walking in a dark parking lot.](https://www.ucg.org/files/styles/16x9_grid4/public/image/article/understanding-the-self-perceptions-of-addicts.jpg "Inside of every addict is an enormous amount of preoccupation with self. It becomes a form of idolatry because the belief "no one can truly meet my needs" inevitably influences the addict's perception of God.")
Breaking Free
I have been in the Church of God for 17 years. I entered the church as an addict. I became an addict when I was 17 years old, although the pattern for addiction was set up in me long before then. At the time of writing this article, I have...