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Addiction Recovery Program Calls for Stories of Recovery and Healing
In preparation for an Addiction Recovery Program (ARP) website scheduled to debut later this year, the Church is seeking personal stories of addiction recovery. The website will give people everywhere access to an ARP experience—particularly those whose remote location or busy schedules prevent...
Vai's View: No one is immune from the dangers of drug addiction
My wife and I were at a girls camp fundraiser dinner for the young women in our LDS ward Saturday night when one of my daughter's friends blurted out, "Oh my gosh, Whitney Houston died!" She got the news on her smartphone. Houston's passing over the weekend, with bottles of prescription drugs...
Podcast: Spiritual secrets of addiction recovery
As the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous discovered, something profound can happen when addicts invite God or a power higher than themselves into their lives and efforts at recovery. Through understanding addiction as a symptom of spiritual “dis-ease” and addressing recovery as an attempt to...
Dave Says: No Sure Thing
Mormon Life says: My brother has started gambling in order to make money. How can I make him see this is a disaster waiting to happen?
Dear Dave,My brother is 30-years old, and he just lost his job. He doesn’t have any debt, but he’s started gambling in order to make money. He’s won a few times, and when he does he’s very generous...
FHE: Seeking Forgiveness
Mormon Life says: "When we sin, Satan tells us we are lost. In contrast, our Redeemer offers redemption to all—no matter what we have done wrong—even to you and to me." -C. Scott Grow
Conference Talk: For more information on this topic read “The Miracle of the Atonement,” by C. Scott Grow, Ensign, May 2011, 108. Thought: When we sin, Satan tells us we are lost. In...
LDS recovery program points addicts to the Savior
He was a good Mormon, Rod said as he studied his cheesy quesadilla and poked his fork around the rice and beans. He was a returned missionary with a temple recommend, a devoted husband and father with a thriving dental practice.He was also addicted to painkillers."I was a bum. What else do you...
Internet addiction harming marriage
SALT LAKE CITY — At first Ashley Yates just thought her husband of three weeks was excited about a new video game. Six hours a day in front of the computer, completely oblivious to the outside world as the flashing lights of simulated battle washed over his face, was excessive, perhaps, but he'd...
Recovering from an Internet Addiction (and How to Avoid One)
Mormon Life says: This is a sad story of one woman's addiction to virtual reality.
I am one of those women who long before it was popular to be addicted to the internet, fell into its gaping jaws of faux solace and seemingly innocence. I was married, I am no longer. I was...
