Addiction is the imprisonment we experience when we have a habit of feeding ourselves with things to replace God in our lives.
Problems with Pornography, Lust, and Sexual Sin:
Strive - Strive21.com is a website for helping people, especially men, overcome pornography, masturbation, lust, sexual addictions and sexual immorality. You can be as anonymous as you would like on the website. There is a large community of other people helping each other in the name of Christ talk about their stories and their challenges and their successes in overcoming sexual sin. It’s completely free. The site was made by Matt Fradd, who is a well known Christian YouTuber. His YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClh4JeqYB1QN6f1h_bzmEng
Click on the image below to be directed to Strive21.com
The video “Battling Lust” touches upon how lust is a reaction to not loving. The video explains how someone would not lust after someone they truly respected and loved.
The biggest take away from the video “How to Defeat Lust FOR GOOD” is to resist lust and like how our muscles get stronger when we exercise and resist the weight of the weights we lift at the gym, our ability to resist temptations increases to where it no longer affects us so severely.
Depression, Anxiety, Mental Health, and Suicide:
A person’s mental health issues cannot be definitively cured without following Jesus. All the bad decisions we inherently make due to not following Jesus generates mental health disorders and makes us imprisoned in those disorders and we then ultimately become stuck in a state of depression, anxiety, and mess of thoughts and emotions and behavioral issues. Trust that the God that created reality itself understands how reality works and how we must function in order to be safe, happy, so obey God and his commands. His commands are for our benefit because he knows what is truly good, even if it goes against what we want.
All problems ultimately stem from a spiritual problem. Secular ways of trying to solve these problems are ultimately not enough. These programs I’m listing here are not the ultimate solution. It’s Jesus. Go to a church and talk to a priest or a pastor and talk to them about your issues. You may need to go “church shopping” to find the best fit and the right kind of church that you trust. But if you’re looking for a place to start, there are programs here:
SAMHSA National Helpline- Drug and Alcohol treatment and information: 1-800-662-4357
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-662-4357
American Psychiatric Association Answer Center: 1-888-357-7924
American Psychological Association Public Education Line: 1-800-964-2000
The National Mental Health Association: 800-969-6642
Ask an expert about the harm of drugs an fentanyl at (or research it online):
The National Poison Control Center: 800-222-1222
Substance Abuse Treatment:
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Helpline: 1-800-821-4357
National Institute on Drug Abuse Hotline: 1-800-729-6686
Drugwatch - a free online health resource for drug side effects: https://www.drugwatch.com/opioids/
Social media addiction and the harm of social media on children and people:
Lanier Law Firm - Social Media Addiction
This is a webpage warns and tries to educate people on the dangers of social media, the consequences on people’s mental health when using social media, and which social media app is the most dangerous.
Below are rehabilitation programs:
Teen and Adult Challenge - This is a drug and homeless rehabilitation program that offers housing and work opportunities and Bible study
Columbus Recovery Center - a rehabilitation center in Columbus, OH
Spiritual Issues and Other Issues:
If you have any personal issues or spiritual issues that are beyond the capabilities of treatment (i.e. confession, demonic possession, questions about theology, faith, politics, etc.), you can contact me at michaelcastingpearls.com/contact
I may not have time to respond depending on how busy I am. If I am unable to, I apologize. I love you and I wish you well. Please stay with God and stay with Jesus. God will take care of you.