New app helps teens, adults break free from phone addiction
The Canary Challenge guides users through a phone detox, and then a ‘grow’ phase to inspire full engagement with life, free from tech addiction.
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Articles tagged Addiction
More young men want to restrict pornography: survey
Nearly 64% of American men now believe online pornography should be more difficult to access, with even higher numbers of women saying the same thing.
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JD Vance’s mom celebrates 10 years of sobriety at White House party
‘I pray a lot more, and hopefully, God gives me several more years,’ Beverley Aikins said at a celebration for her sobriety held at the White House on Friday.
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One woman is on a mission to bring the world’s largest pornography site to its knees
Laila Micklewait, who has exposed child exploitation and rape on Pornhub – the world’s largest pornography site – is on a mission to bring down the smut behemoth amid the company’s rebranding effort, spearheaded by Jewish Rabbi Solomon Friedman.
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How a hermit priest helped save a woman from addiction during COVID lockdown
Catholic author and speaker Kevin Wells recounts the struggles he and his wife, Krista, faced during her battle with addiction and how Father Martin Flum, a diocesan priest who became a hermit, played a pivotal role in bringing healing to their lives during the height of the COVID pandemic. Through his raw and honest storytelling, Wells hopes to inspire others struggling with broken marriages or personal wounds, showing how God’s grace can work through the sacraments and the dedication of holy priests. For the full story, purchase Wells’ new book, The Hermit: The Priest Who Saved a Soul, a Marriage, […]
How a hermit priest helped save a woman from addiction during COVID lockdown
On this episode of The John Henry Westen Show, Catholic author and speaker Kevin Wells discusses his latest book, which details how a heroic hermit priest helped his wife in her battle with addiction during the height of the COVID pandemic.
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‘One bead at a time’: How Our Lady and the Rosary saved my family from addiction
Drug addiction is a sickness that can claim both the lives of the addict and their loved ones, it affects the family as a whole. I prayed for the impossible, one bead of the Rosary at a time, and that prayer was answered.
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Pornography use may now be the most common addiction in America, study suggests
The good news is that many of those struggling with porn addiction want to get help. They want recovery groups that will help them gain freedom again and to recover some sense of what healthy sexuality and genuine intimacy look like.
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Trudeau gov’t earmarks over $27 million for ‘safe supply’ drug program linked to overdoses and violence
The taxpayer money will help fund 22 drug distribution projects in British Columbia and Ontario.
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Meet the former alcoholic now dedicated to bringing men to Christ through sobriety
Derek O'Connell has had an eventful life. For decades, he struggled with alcohol and drug addiction. Going to confession was the turning point in his life. Now, he remains committed to helping other addicts find security in the Catholic faith.
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