The Army was my road to porn.
I remember the day before I shipped off to basic training me and some of the other future soldiers from San Diego were put up in a motel near the airport by good ol Uncle Sam. I was 19 about to turn 20 in a couple weeks and being I would be in basic training without the ability to really celebrate me and another guy thought it would be a great...
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...
Video game addict sues game creator?!
A man in Hawaii is suing a video game company because they did not warn him that the game that they manufactured could be addictive... I think that this brings up a great conversation on personal responsibility.
I'm going to be totally honest, I don't really think this guy has a right to sue the company.
It's like the woman who sued McDonalds...
Who you were created to be.
Greetings all!
My name is Danielle and I will be blogging on the fourth Tuesday of every month. I have struggled with an eating disorder for nearly half my life and since I can remember. Athough have achieved freedom in many areas, I too still struggle at times. I still make the same mistakes, believe the same lies at times. I am no...
Life is short. Have an affair.
That's the slogan of an organization who aids married people in having an affair. The website was created years ago when its creator found out that 30-35% of people with profiles on dating websites designed for singles were actually married people looking to have an affair. They argue that they don't encourage cheating, they just provide a way...
Casper isn't friendly...
Ghosts.
They Haunt You.
Sitting on a stool in the middle of the stage, lights low, candles lit, and 150 students staring at him, a youth pastor began explaining what Ghosts really are.
In my mind Ghosts were things that looked and acted like Casper the Friendly Ghost. Casper was see through, had a sense of adventure, and always...
How much is money really worth?
Let's devalue the dollar.
Society has a huge influence on what we think about money, but how much of it is really truthful? For this blog, I would like to challenge the view of money that the world takes, and offer some alternative perspectives on the concept of money. One thing that society tells us, is that money will equate freedom and...
Freedom is a piece of cake... literally.
I wish healing and walking in freedom from addiction was easy. I really do. But to be honest with you...I know for me, if this came easy, I would slip right back into it. Sometimes healing has to wear you down to bare bones and strip you of every toxic thought and feeling in your soul. For me, my addiction actually got worse after I was...
Sexual Desire
Being one who was addicted (and still struggles) with sexual temptation and actions, I get particularly excited when I read about sex in the bible. In Song of Songs, God paints a picture of an intimate, better, fuller, sexual connection between a man and a woman. Over the last several years (at least for me) people used to tell me and think...
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...
Who are you going to talk to today?
Hi Everyone!
It has been a CRAZY past couple of months – I got married, have been to a few conferences, done some outreach to our local Adult Entertainment businesses, and been thinking a lot about addiction.
One of the conferences I attended was the L.I.F.E. conference held in Orlando FL. I got to take 5 of my facilitators that lead groups...
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...
Happy Birthday!
Well yesterday was my birthday. August the second marked my 26 years of life as Katie Green. 26 years this girl, this name, and in this body. Ive never been big on celebrating or throwing a party for myself. Its usually just a low key day which is exactly how this year was as well. i was having a conversation with a close friend, and we were...
Punch addiction in the neck...
I just wrote one post.
I proceeded to scrap it. It may come back. I don’t know.
I was reading other posts by the bloggers here onheartsupport and I needed to get something out—not that they were offending me or anything, more inspiring. I am having a difficult week. I have (re)turned to my addiction to false intimacy to help me cope with...
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!
Superman did it!
At heart, I am a true nerd. I'm in love with technology, gadgets, and super heroes. I'll admit, I have a couple of book shelves that are full of comics. In those comics we have one of the greatest superheroes in the world.
Superman.
He can leap tall buildings in a single bound, run faster then a speeding train, and dodge a bullet....
I told you so!
A lot of people think that God makes rules because He's God and He can.
If God were on Facebook, most people think His hobbies would be: making up rules, striking people with lightning, and generally making people's lives miserable.
That's not reality.
For example, I choose to not let my 3-year old run around the house with a knife. I don't...
Images
We created some great graphics for you to post on your site, blog and anywhere online for different types of addiction. Sex, Food, Internet, Substances and Money are all available HERE on the heartsupport site. Below is the food addiction one. Spread the word.
Source Food Addiction
Break the cycle.
One thing I’ve noticed about coming out of my addiction to money is that it is a process. Since August of 2009, I’ve been keeping a journal. Not a huge one, and I don’t write everyday about every detail. However, I do note important events, thoughts, and feelings. And it’s interesting to go back over it and read the different entries. What I...
Starved
I will never forget how it felt to not eat for days and days straight. Besides the lightheadedness and headaches, the feeling of being completely empty was almost like some sort of sick 'religious experience.' It made me feel so good and so strong, when in reality, everything about it was wrong and weak.
I felt like starving myself...
What does it take to be pure after you have already been addicted?
I don't know about any of you out there, but I’ve been addicted to a lot of different things in my life. One in particular that controlled my life for as long as I can remember has been sex, porn, and masturbation. The images have been ingrained in my head and I have already given so much of myself to many different women. So what am I left...
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:
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