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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>
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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>Spiritual Renewal (Part 5)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addicts are spiritually immature by nature. They often search for black-and-white answers to their problems. If addicts have developmental issues it is easy to see that they will also have childish and adolescent beliefs about God (see May, 1988; Miller, 1987). They may have become angry with God for not “delivering” them of their cravings, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emotional and Cognitive Restructuring (Part 3)</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/316-emotional-and-cognitive-restructuring-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addicts come from families that might have wounded them emotionally, physically, sexually, and/or spiritually (Carnes, 1997). They have deep sadness, feelings of shame, and loneliness. A. Protect against emotional triggers. It is vitally important for these emotional issues to be addressed. Any stimulus that potentially triggers an addict into these feelings can provoke the old [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Behavioral Change (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/303-behavioral-change-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addicts have developed strong, highly programmed, even automatic behavior patterns in order to maintain their addiction. They will go to extraordinary lengths to deny, minimize, or rationalize this addictive behavior. 1. Focus honesty and behavior change. This requires the therapist to maintain a strong initial focus on honesty and behavior change. When the addict seeks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carrying Multiple Addictions?</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/233-carrying-multiple-addictions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addiction]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many addicts suffer from more than one addiction. It is not uncommon for them to use a variety of substances and behaviors to alter their mood. Carnes (1991), in a research project with sex addicts, found, for example that half of all sex addicts suffer from chemical dependency. Carnes also found that the more serious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addictive behavior and the brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What has long been debated is whether or not certain behaviors can affect the chemistry of the brain. As scientists have increased their ability to scan and produce images of the brain (through MRI and PET studies, for example), research projects have begun to demonstrate that behaviors can also do this. When a person looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mood Alteration</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/205-mood-alteration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Understanding addiction must begin with what scientists are only beginning to understand about the human brain. Altering brain chemistry is at the heart of what creates and sustains addiction (see Amen, 1998; Milkman &#38; Sunderwirth, 1987). Addicts seek to either raise or lower their mood using complex (and sometimes criminal) rituals of self-medicating behavior. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Struggling With Addiction?</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/191-struggling-with-addiction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/191-struggling-with-addiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The addict represents someone who has become trapped in a web of deceit and dark forces too powerful to overcome without significant help from God and others. Romans 7:21-25 reveals the truth about it: “So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overcoming Addiction &#8211; Lisa&#8217;s Testimony</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/183-overcoming-addiction-lisas-testimony/</link>
		<comments>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/183-overcoming-addiction-lisas-testimony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Lisa, and I have been saved by Grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Let me begin by telling you a bit about myself. I have been clean and sober for 29 months, and can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt I would not have been able to do this on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addiction: The Symptoms</title>
		<link>http://www.overcomingaddictionblog.com/addiction/180-addiction-the-symptoms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Symptoms and Etiology of the Addict The following list of 17 criteria is, in our opinion, a good set of common symptomatic behaviors and characteristics—a universal diagnostic set—that could be generalized to all substance or behavioral addictions and compulsions. * A pattern of out of control substance usage or behavior for a year or more. [...]]]></description>
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