• Alexandre Dumas
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• 1996, Random House, Incorporated
• Unabrdiged hardcover ($25.00 US)

When I was a teenager, I had much bitterness over some of the very difficult things I faced as a young child. I had been abused and terrorized by several people.I had a wonderful English teacher, Mrs. Highums. Mrs. Highums had this way of being insistent on doing the work while being personally inspiring. During my freshman year, I was out of control. I frequently skipped physical education class, because I experienced a lot of abuse there from boys bigger than me, which was just about all of them. (more…)

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Kim Mack, RET (used by permission)

Rapid Eye Therapy (RET) is an effective method to releasing addictive patterns in about 12-sessions. What follows are some ways RET assists the client in this process. (more…)

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A Book Review

Chad (used by permission)

Together, my wife and I read the book, Purity and Passion by Wendy L. Watson. I recommend this book to couples struggling to recapture the kind of marital intimacy God intended us to have in our marriages.

I found Sister Watson’s redefinition of “making love” a wonderful departure from what the world considers “making love” to be. Her higher, more spiritual definition of “making love” is “co-creating love,” and suggests that in marriage couples can enhance their marital intimacy by focusing not on the physical side of intimacy, but rather, on the spiritual. (more…)

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A Book Review by Dave (used by permission)
of
Patrick J. Carnes’ Out of the Shadows
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Recognizing good and evil

This life is the time to prepare to meet God. As Amulek taught:

For behold, this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors. (Alma 34:32)

When I am keeping God’s commandments, I look forward to that day with anticipation and joy, but when I am outside the way designated by his law, there is fear and trembling. I often wonder if I am justified in this fast rollercoaster of high peaks of joy and low dips of fear. From one moment to the next, I can move from one feeling to the other, whether by sinning, repenting, or obeying. (more…)

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Enduring to the end

I have often characterized my struggles with homosexuality as “difficult”. Particularly, I mention the powerful temptations that I face daily. I perhaps have not done the topic its due, because the battle is only difficult when viewed on its own. (more…)

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Doug

Used By Permission

I had been struggling with addiction to pornography and masturbation for several years. These addictions had come throughout the years to affect my life in nearly all facets. Although I was able to live free of them during the time I was a missionary, I turned back to them upon returning home. Being an addict affected my self-esteem, relationships with others, decision making abilities, and outlook on life. Ultimately I had separated from my wife and abandoned all I knew to be true. The adversary caused me to become separated from all who cared for me and to feel alone. (more…)

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By Joseph

Used By Permission

This essay is derived from the experience and understanding of the author. It is only the author’s opinion of which counsel received from priesthood leaders has been the least and most helpful. Although the messages taken from the counsel given are probably very different than the intended message, these are the messages that addicts tend to take from such counsel. (more…)

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A review of
Gladys Knight’s Between Each Line of Pain and Glory
by Stephen Rex Goode  (more…)

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Learning to be obedient despite temptations

When it comes to same-sex attraction, it has long been my belief that obedience is a higher priority than repair or healing. I also believe that the key to being obedient is in learning to accept temptation as part of the plan we were sent here to live. I believe that the way to survive temptation is through it, not around it, that we can no more avoid being tempted than we can avoid breathing and eating. (more…)

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Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane

I have been pondering the wonderful concept that Jesus knows what it is like to be tempted, so that he can succor us in our temptations. This concept is epitomized in the following passage from Hebrews: (more…)

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Used By Permision

My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister’s bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. “This,” he said, “is not a slip. This is lingerie.” He discarded the tissue and handed me the slip. It was exquisite; silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of lace. The price tag with an astronomical figure on it was still attached. “Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago. She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion. (more…)

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A Personal Story by Joe H. (used by permission)

I was first exposed to pornography around the age of nine. I was also sexually abused by a teenage girl around that same time. Because of these things and my own curiosity I developed a voyeuristic interest in sex and the female body. I was afraid of my parents’ reaction to the pictures some of my friends showed me. My parents never talked about sex at all. Not even obliquely. It was almost as though it didn’t exist. But I knew better. My curiosity never abated, and I resented the Church’s standards of sexual conduct. I stayed chaste, but I always resented it and never knew why the Lord would have such a law. It seemed that everything I heard about sex in Church-related forums was extremely negative. From the Church’s point of view, it seemed, sex was the ultimate evil. (more…)

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In the last few days, I have experienced more of spiritual pain than I ever hope to see again. The problems were largely of my own making, brought on by dwelling on my lifelong struggle to separate temptation from sin. Theoretically and conceptually, I know that it is no sin to be tempted. Yet, throughout my life, I’ve mentally punished myself at least as much for my temptations as I have for my sins. I frequently cannot even distinguish one from the other, preferring a better-safe-than-sorry approach that requires me to assume the worst. (more…)

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A review of
Donny Osmond’s Life Is Just What You Make It
 

Donny Osmond and Patricia Romanowski

• Life Is Just What You Make It
• June 1999, Disney Press
• Hardcover, First Edition, 304 pages
• ($22.95 US) (more…)

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