Tag Archives: addiction
Cultivating the Willingness to Grow
Understanding and Breaking Your Addiction to a Person
Life Beyond the Pleasure Principle
Self Mastery Over Appetites and Aversions
Narcissists Can’t Recognize a Higher Power

Self-Control in the Age of Addiction
Not all undisciplined behavior represents a genuine addiction. And while there are some rare exceptions, most true addictions don’t just develop overnight. There’s a typical pathway to getting “hooked.” And that pathway is littered with many clear warning signs. Healthy characters respect and heed those signs. But underdeveloped characters tend to ignore or disregard them. That’s why character, and mastering character’s “sixth command,” is so important.

Mastering Appetites in a Gluttonous Age

Mental Illnesses, Diseases, and “Disorders”

Addiction, Codependence, PTSD, Anxiety and Self-Esteem
If you believe many of the things you read and hear about these days, just about everyone suffers from some kind of addiction. And despite how commonplace it’s become, I’m always a bit shocked (and outraged) when some disturbed character claims victim status by blaming his or her reprehensible conduct on an addiction of some … Continue reading Addiction, Codependence, PTSD, Anxiety and Self-Esteem