Battling anxiety and depression can be really hard, but there are steps you can take to overcome it.

Writing this article—recalling all the memories—is almost too much for me to bear. But I’ve decided to write it, hoping and praying that it will help someone else whose heart is breaking from a family tragedy. I’ll share my story...

I’m writing this in 2012 at age 36. In a way, I feel I’ve lived a hundred years, years filled with some good stuff and a lot of bad stuff. In another way, I’m a “newborn babe” excitedly learning the...

Be prepared to help a depressed person to choose life rather than suicide. The loved ones of a suicide victim need to understand what the Bible reveals—that there will be life after death for that person, and he will have...

In the previous two installments of this series, we identified and described the symptoms of alcoholism. Alcoholism is so widespread that most of us know someone afflicted with the problem.

As a retired person without a job and without hobbies, and living in one of the affluent nations of the western world, I had gradually developed a psychological addiction—an obsession for shopping.

The Twelve Step program has a largely successful track record for recovery from alcoholism. The principles of this program have also been incorporated for recovery from other forms of addiction, such as Narcotics Anonymous for drug addictions. This success is...

One dramatic night vividly pictures the struggles—and lessons—one woman learned throughout a life with an alcoholic mother.

Even the most mentally handicapped people often respond to a kind person who listens to them, touches them, and is sincerely interested in them.

The two issues that have most divided churches since the social revolution of the 1960’s have been the role of women and changing attitudes toward homosexuality (frequently referred to as same-sex attraction). Changes in secular western nations have led to...

It’s important for everyone to truly understand this subject. It’s especially important if you are experiencing SSA or someone you love is experiencing it. This article uses our own church history to clarify many aspects of this subject. Today, we...

My mother loved me, but she found that she could not save me from the meth world. So she turned me over to God and prayed for dishes. God’s answer was a surprise and an encouragement.

“How did I get here?” was a question I asked myself quite often.

Hello from a grandmother who has experienced raising a couple of grandchildren because of a daughter and a son-in-law's drug addiction. It has been a roller coaster dealing with the consequences of drug-addicted adults.

To maintain sexual purity until marriage, and faithfulness during marriage, is a great challenge for youth and adults in today's society that is obsessed with sex and sensuality. People are commonly faced with a virtual minefield of immoral temptations and...

It's easy to get pulled into a life of sin, stay on guard against it.

The classic book Every Man's Battle, by Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker with Mike Yorkey, has as its subtitle "Every Man's Guide to Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time."

The recent death of my father has forced me to confront some rather serious issues that occurred during my childhood.

Recovering from sexual addiction is possible, here is an overview of the journey.

The effects of abuse can be long-enduring, but there is a way to help someone to bear it.