Tag: addiction
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Gut Check, Inc.
I find myself on another plane of existence. Talking to some sort of a stomach thing. GutBrain: I am not some mere “thing.” I am a highly-evolved neural complex. Far older than you, you neo-cortical whippersnapper!
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12/28 Poem: Noise to Signal
The lies and addictions we face / Are actually clues we can trace…
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9/21 Epic Poem: Radically Happy
And so far from just being cruel / God used my pain as a tool / To force me to dig deep inside / And find out I’m loved as His Bride
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9/9 Limerick: I’m Potent
When addiction tempts me with descent It’s because I’m feeling impotent But true agency Is Your life in me Raising us all by Your advent Today I will seekYour empowering adventMidst my frustrating descent
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Graceful Addict: Strong Enough Hope
> It upset me in so many ways that I could not see straight. But it was not until my friend Dr. Ernie left a comment that I realized the “root” of my turmoil.
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Mrs. Jesus #5/7: Wood Friday
The woman sits alone In a dark room She has been binging She knows it isn’t healthy She doesn’t care She needs this
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Sex 301: The Other Guy
Lecher: Y’know, the anxiety you’ve been running away from with video games and alcohol before I got involved. Same one you used books to escape before you even knew I existed. Earnest: Anxiety? Ang: Present.
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Redeeming Ares, Part 8: Hermetic Unsealing
I jerk my finger back Seriously? I have braved gods and goddesses Divine mountains and infernal hellholes Only to be taunted By my adolescent foibles? Is someone pranking me?
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Addiction, Alcohol and The Law
Drinking alcohol may not be a sin, but it certainly is a coping mechanism I need to be careful about. There is always a risk of turning to that instead of Christ. Unfortunately, the same can be said of the Law: the religious, psychological, and social structures I rely on…
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Dream: Guidebook
It is our group’s last day in this beach townWe have all packed our bagsAnd checked out We are storing our thingsIn some sort of common roomWhile we each wait to depart I realize I have no more obligationsThis is the perfect timeTo doSome serious drinking!
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Evangel, Part I: What is the Gospel?
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.” – Romans 1:16
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LEAD! B.4 From Folly to Love
Folly is a cycle of self-punishment disguised as the pursuit of pleasure. The only way out is to receive God’s love, to the point where we love Him more than the false gods to which we’ve enslaved ourselves.
Radically Happy 