Krissee Danger
My name is Krissee and I'm the community facilitator here at heartsupport!
I have worked with heartsupport since it was founded in 2007 and have a major heart for everything we do around here as I struggled with addiction, depression and self-injury while growing up.
I live in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada and in my spare time I like to listen to music, watch 90s feel good sports films [Space Jam, anyone?], geocache in the desert, people watch on the Las Vegas Strip and go on as many crazy adventures as possible!
You can find me on the web here, here and here!
If you ever need anything or have any questions, comments or concerns, please feel free to e-mail me at krissee@heartsupport.com!
T-Minus 5 Days...
In a mere 5 days I will run/walk the Rock n Roll Half Marathon here in Las Vegas.
To say that I am nervous about it is MORE than an understatement.
I'm confident that I can do it, I did a little [haha] walking tour of the course to prepare, so Im confident in my ability to complete it.... I guess I just can't believe it's already almost...
Disease vs. Self Control
I think that a lot of people take of issue with the whole personal responsibility vs. disease aspect when it comes to addiction.
I see this most often questioned when it comes to sex addiction and things like shopping addiction.
Newsweek did a really interesting piece on shopping addiction here and I would love to hear your thoughts, not only...
An incredible story...
My friend Nathan from Designer Drug Ministry passed along this awesome story to me that I wanted to share with you all on this fabulous Fall Friday!
My name is John Ashley and this is my story.
My childhood was a fair childhood. My parents taught me to be kind and considerate to others and most of all to be good. I found...
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming...
To bring you an epiphany I had this morning:
Usually, in the morning, I wake up with a profound sense of dread about the work-out that must now ensue in order to get ready to run this half marathon.
But this morning.... this morning some cosmic blip happened and I felt... excited about running today.
WHAT?!
I know. Color me shocked.
I am...
Unseen and Unnoticed
I stumbled upon this really great article about women and sex addiction on the Psychology Today blogs. It does an awesome job of disbanding some of the myths that we have about sex addiction when it comes to ladies. Check it out below, and let me know what you think!
Often when people research, report on, or write about sexual addiction,...
Run Update!
Hi sweet friends!
Alright, here is my first run update.
I started a few weeks ago just doing 30 minutes, power walking, 4 days per week.
Then I upped it to 35 minutes alternating walking and jogging in 3 and 5 minute intervals.
This week I am upping it yet again and trying to start running outside [now that it's cooler in the desert.]
I'm...
The new intervention.
Awesome article confronting the myths about interventions! Check out the original post here.
"Lakeview Health Systems, an award-winning drug and alcohol treatment center, is collaborating with Baptist Health Medical Center to present information about substance abuse interventions and the common misconceptions people have about...
Let's get personal...
So, I blog on heartsupport from time to time, but I find it's more in a "past tense", objective sense.
But here it is... things are about to get personal.
If we are going to truly be "community based online help" then we need to let each other know when we need help, right?
So here's the situation...
I have struggled with weight issues and...
The Secrets to Drug Addiction in our Blood...
The military is doing some pioneering work on the drug addiction front... check it out in this article:
A new collaboration between the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the Air Force's 59th Medical Wing hopes to improve on drug tests for illicit drug use and abuse. Not only are the researchers looking for...
Getting clean.
Inspiring article from the Lancaster Gazette about getting clean from heroin... check it out:
For Alli Marshall it meant shooting up heroin, sick and alone in her home, with her friends' and family members' trust for her long gone and not likely to return.
She stole, cheated, lied, behaved in ways she never thought she was capable of.
All...
Honest talk about sex addiction.
From Fox News...
The past few years have put a very public face on what's usually a rather private issue: sex addiction.
As a contributor to Good in Bed, and a therapist who's certified to treat sex addiction, I'm pleased that celebrities like Tiger Woods, Jesse James and David Duchovnyhave come out of the shadows, and admitted they have a...
Jesus Loves Porn Stars
Although I know that this isn't particularly addictions related, I wanted to take a second to share this with you.
My boss, Craig Gross of XXXChurch.com wrote an incredible article for CNN.com yesterday.
People are blowing up the comments section and it even landed on the front page!
You can go read the full article here!
I'm taking back what belongs to me...
When I think about myself and my prolonged battles with addictions, I feel such a mix of emotions:
*Guilt for all of the people that I have hurt, wronged and caused to worry.
*Shame for the things I have done in pursuit of a "fix".
*Intense joy for the fact that God pulled me [and continues] to pull me out of it, against all...
Meet Christine!
First of all, Happy First Friday of September!!!!
How excited is everyone about Fall?
I REALLY am, especially because Las Vegas has finally started to cool down [not much, it's still above 100, but enough to make it more tolerable!]
I wanted to take a moment to introduce you to Christine! Christine is the fabulous counselor who answers all...
Imposters.
At my church right now [which if you live in Las Vegas, you should check it out!] we are doing a series called Facade, it's really incredible, and last night's sermon I think was particularly applicable to us here in the heartsupport community.
Vince, our pastor, started off by talking about the German legend of the doppelganger... how people...
Breaking point...
I'll admit, I borrowed this blog from the Teen section on XXXChurch.com.
It's written by blogger Mat Slagle, and it was so great that I wanted to share it with you all! You can check out the original post here, as well as other great blogs by Mat!
It's a very difficult thing to always try to do right, to turn your back constantly on the...
Revolutionary drug treatment...
More and more, the government is starting to invest in what are called Peer to Peer recovery programs. Peer to Peer recovery programs can include several services, including the following:
*Assistance in housing, educational and unemployment opportunities
*Building constructive family and other personal relationships
*Stress management...
Gambling help comes to Australia!
Check out this article from the West Coast Sentinel in Australia.
They're doing an awesome job of meeting the needs of those who struggle with gambling addiction!
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Most of us enjoy a gamble.
In fact figures shows that 80 per cent of adult Australians take part in some form of gambling, whether it be buying our weekly X-lotto ticket,...
The Unattainable Lightness of Being...
So, I know that we have posted several articles about various eating disorders on the site, but this one, taken from the Huffington Post, is a very frank, all inclusive article about the realities of anorexia and bulimia. Check it out below and let me know what you think:
The Unattainable Lightness of Being
Is someone you know on a...
The Porn Industry is Using iPhone 4
Our awesome blogger Kevin Miller recently blogged this on his personal blog, definitely take a chance to check it out!!!
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I know I’ve blogged a lot recently about porn and its far-reaching grip. It’s not that I enjoy talking about it, but that it’s a real issue that millions (possibly billions) of people are facing,...
WTF: It's Why not What!
WTF: It’s not WHAT; it’s WHY
We deal with all sorts of addictions. There are many things we can tell people about sex. At some point we will address aspects of sex and sexual addiction. To start, we decided to encourage people who are not married to wait to have sex.
We’re sick of seeing campaign after campaign saying; “Sex is bad!...
I just wanted to share a little something with you all...
Today is a VERY special day.
Today, August 4th, 2010 marks my FOUR YEAR anniversary of having won my battle against Trichotillomania.
I developed TTM when I was 12 years old and obsessively pulled out my hair [ALL OF MY HAIR] for the next 7 years. I don’t know what your thoughts are, but I think that junior high and high school are hard...
Me too.
So I had a blog all planned out for this morning but then two things changed it...
1. Invisible Children tweeted a quote by Mother Teresa that said "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten we belong to each other."
and
2. I was reading through all of the beautiful, heartfelt, encouraging, loving comments that you guys have left...
Is pornography hijacking our sexuality?
Check out this awesome video Kevin, one of our bloggers, sent to me on CNN.com about the effects of pornography on our sexuality.
We'd love to hear your thoughts on it!
Internet Addiction: The Rundown
With a recent study being published, saying that middle schoolers spend over 7 hours in front of a computer per day, on average, internet addiction is something worth taking seriously.
The article below, from the Sioux City Journal, gives a great overview of internet addiction as a whole.
Check it out:
Many people may joke about being...
All the single ladies!
So, I know that it's "Food Tuesday" but I saw this article [posted by our facebook friend Kitty] and wanted to share it with everyone in the heartsupport community.
Not to discredit what it's like to be a man struggling with a porn addiction, but I think it's almost harder for women because of the intense shame associated with it. Women aren't...
A heartsupport Contest!
Some of you might have noticed that back in May we ran a little contest on XXXChurch asking people to help us get Google to stop thinking that we were a porn site for a prize of $100 in the XXXChurch store... now we want to do that same thing here on heartsupport!
Here is how:
1. Link to us one of the following ways on your website:
Sex:
...
The taste of addiction...
I found this interesting article online today, talking about how the foods that we eat today are predispositioned to make us want to eat more and more. In a phenomenon called "hyperpalatability" flavors [as well as sugars and fats] are layered upon one another in an attempt to override the brain's signal to stop eating.
As someone who has...
New .XXX domain... good idea or bad idea?
So we've been hearing a lot around here about the new potential .XXX domain for all sites with adult content. While some are saying it's great because it will essentially create a red light district and also make the sites adhere to a set of "better business practices", others are saying that it just makes it all the easier for people to access...
The next best thing...
I think that something we need to be really conscious of when overcoming our addictions is that we aren't just swapping one addiction for another without actually addressing the underlying things that make you want to be addicted in the first place.
This article, entitled Bariatric Patients at Risk of Substance Abuse, talks about it in...
