Category: The Recovered Word

How to CURE a porn addiction? (Video)

Randolph Jason

How to CURE a porn addiction? Video What a porn addiction is? A pornography addiction, is an addiction where someone compulsively engages in sexual activity with the usage of porn. The word compulsively is key here. It means: performing an action persistently and repetitively without it necessarily leading to an actual reward or pleasure. And this touches on the problem. Is porn addiction a classified addiction? Although there seem to be extreme cases of “porn addiction”, Porn addiction itself is medically neither classified as a mental disorder nor an addiction…

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As They Went, They Were Cleansed… Step 2

Randolph Jason

As They Went, They Were Cleansed… When we are living our life in darkness, when sin is all around us, our addictive behavior is driving the bus. Then, for the fortunate ones, rock bottom is hit and there is a moment of clarity. A brief moment is all it takes, really, just about a split-second. Jesus calls us and in that split-second we hear His voice. Most of us don’t know how or why or what happened, we just know something changed and we should respond. We know, in our…

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The Oxford Group Connection

Randolph Jason

The Oxford Group Connection from Silkworth.net This article is an effort to put together in sequence the various events that took place in the years from 1908 to 1935 which made possible the meeting in Akron, Ohio between the AA founders, Dr. Bob S. and Bill W., and which resulted in the subsequent birth of Alcoholics Anonymous. It is an assemblage of facts gleaned from the following publications: Alcoholics Anonymous AA Comes of Age Pass It On Dr. Bob and the Good Old Timers Not God (by Ernest Kurtz) For…

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For My Yoke Is Easy and My Burden Is Light… Step Three

Randolph Jason

For My Yoke Is Easy and My Burden Is Light… Step Three Step 3 is the time for everyone to get serious. In the original transcript of the book Alcoholics Anonymous there was a line that read something like – “If you have reached this point in the book and have not accepted God, you should throw this book in the trash.” The publishers and others surrounding the authors didn’t want to have such harsh language in the book. I disagree, sometime when we are dealing with undisciplined people a…

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Sandy B. – “Spirituality: The Key Component of Recovery” (Video)

Randolph Jason

Sandy B. – “Spirituality: The Key Component of Recovery” Video The rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous are filled with people at various lengths of sobriety, various societal statuses and are in general, a mixed bag of all different kinds of people. Yet, there is one factor that binds us all together, our common spiritual solution. Sandy B. from Florida shares a thought-provoking and enlightening talk about how closely spirituality is weaved in to our recovery process. This tape will SURELY give you a “pick me up” if you are feeling down,…

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Step One: Powerless and UnManageable

Randolph Jason

Step One: Powerless and UnManageable by Randolph Jason for Gospel News Network Once a person realizes the breath in their lungs is not their own, well, the whole being-in-control thing is easier to understand. If a person is able to hold their breath for, say, five minutes (people can hold their breath for 3-4 minutes and some may reach higher limits) but once a person grasp the idea the breath in their lungs is from a Power greater than themselves, that Power is God, then life may begin to look…

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First Steps Before Any Steps Existed

Randolph Jason

First Steps Before Any Steps Existed GNN Note – Excerpt from Silkworth.net on the history of Alcoholics Anonymous. If you want to learn how to get clean and sober from your addictive behavior, be it drugs, alcohol, pornography or whatever – fill in the blank – knowing what these men did BEFORE the 12 Step program was born is where to learn how the 12 Steps were born – this is how people got their life back BEFORE there was a watered down version in book form.  / END 1918…

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A.A. Oldtimers…On the Sixth Step

Randolph Jason

A.A. Oldtimers…On the Sixth Step from Big Book Sponsorship A.A. Grapevine, April 1945, Vol. 1 No. 11 Editorial: On the 6th Step “Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” This step is most important because here we are ready for God (as we understand Him) to walk along with us and guide us as we seek to improve our character and eliminate the defects which contributed to our alcoholic problem. With God’s help we’ll now apologize quickly when we are curt to others. We’ll overcome…

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