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		<title>Christian Testimony About Crack Cocaine Addiction &#8211; Trudy&#8217;s Hope is a Crack Cocaine Addiction Christian Testimony</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Trudy Betinger. I would like to let you know that there is hope for you. As long as you are breathing, there is hope in Jesus.I was saved seven months ago. For many years I was hopelessly addicted to crack cocaine. Before that I experienced various addictions throughout my 43 years of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renewing the Mind</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Deeply ingrained patterns of thinking and responding have formed strongholds in our minds.  Addiction is a stronghold! Do we have to remain victims of the these mental strongholds for the rest of our lives?  Absolutely not! If we have been trained wrong, can we be retrained?  If we have learned to believe a lie, can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study offers insight into brain chemistry behind addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTREAL — Researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute have gained fresh insight into the brain chemistry behind addiction by studying the least likely of addicts — Parkinson’s disease patients. Typically, those suffering from the neurodegenerative disorder are the polar opposite of an addictive personality. Most patients with Parkinson’s are found to be introverted, rigid and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abandon Yourself to God</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Webster Merriam Dictionary an addict is one who abandons oneself, to become physiologically or psychologically dependent in a compulsive or obsessive manner to a habit, practice, or substance. The core issue is stated in this definition… ‘Abandoning Oneself’.  Who or what are you abandoning yourself to? An addict chooses to fulfill their needs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Choices &#8211; Are We Really Free?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When God created us he gave us the freedom of choice.  Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, we are in bondage to the consequences of that choice.  Some people define freedom as the right to exercise their own choices, to be free moral agents.  No restrictions!  “I can do whatever I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testimony of God&#8217;s Overcoming Addiction Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello my name is Richard, and this is my testimony of God&#8217;s overcoming addiction power: My mother loved myself and my siblings, and as a single parent did the best she could to provide for all of our needs.  Sometimes providing for us included moving; different neighborhoods, different towns, and even different states.  I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Addiction is the Symptom</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/382-the-addiction-is-the-symptom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pastor Ron</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addiction simply isn&#8217;t the point. Most people have the &#8220;horsepower&#8221; to get &#8220;clean and sober.&#8221;  Many have the ability to stay clean and sober for awhile.  But then, it happens: life serves up that trigger; that one thing that gives me my reason &#8211; my entitlement &#8211; to return to my &#8220;drug of choice.&#8221;  Or, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why People Don&#8217;t Recover</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/377-why-people-dont-recover/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why People Don&#8217;t Recover The reasons why people do not seek help for their problems are as many and varied as the people themselves. But here are some of the common obstacles to pursuing and maintaining recovery: 1. Problem behavior attracts longed-for attention. 2. The pain isn’t great enough—yet. 3. Fear of launching into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addiction and the Road to Recovery</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/373-addiction-and-the-road-to-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addiction and the Road to Recovery Steve Arterburn New Life Ministries Acceptance is the first principle of recovery. Recovery begins when an individual moves from denial to acceptance. It does not happen all at once, and it isn&#8217;t something that another person can do for the individual suffering from an addiction. Still, each time you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovery program teaches grads to beat addiction</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clothed in dress pants, sundresses and fancy shirts, 106 people walked down the center aisle of the Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries auditorium Friday to celebrate a new beginning. Many said they were moving forward from battling drug addiction, homelessness and emotional issues. They were among a class of 389 graduates to complete a recovery program [...]]]></description>
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