Categories - MN Resource Library
ADDICTIONS Articles
Showing 10 of 22 articles
Want to see what a porn-addicted missionary looks like?
Look pretty normal don’t I? Ok, I admit I was a bit scrawny but I come from a long line of skinny people and it was 95 degrees with 90% humidity in the Solomon Islands, so it tends to curb th…...
Raised on a Diet of Internet Porn: The Neurological Consequences of Long-term Addiction
This presentation was given at the 2016 Coalition to End Sexual Exploitation Summit in Houston, TX, hosted by The National Center on Sexual Exploitation.
By: Noah Church
How Porn Use Becomes an Addiction (Simplified!)
Internet porn—used regularly and often—chemically and structurally changes the brain. These brain changes are consistent with the brain changes that occur in other types of addiction, like addictio...
Addiction is a response to emotional pain - BBC Ideas
Addiction specialist and author Gabor Mate says dealing with past trauma may be the key to breaking addiction in this BBC Ideas video.
By Gabor Mate Length: 3:29
Mom's Boundaries Saved My Life
Vechi Mutum, National Outreach Coordinator for Tree House Recovery, describes how addiction took his life down to a very dark place, leaving him homeless and broken. He thought he could still call ...
Video Game Addiction - The Case for Mobile Gaming
Mobile gaming addiction is a serious issue. The craving and reward feelings that occur from gaming are no different than drug and gambling addiction.
By: Daniel
Pediatricians warn against pot use: Not your dad's marijuana
An influential doctors group is beefing up warnings about marijuana's potential harms for teens amid increasingly lax laws and attitudes on pot use.
Many parents use the drug and think it...
Marijuana worse for teen brains than alcohol, study finds
Cannabis causes lasting cognitive impairment in adolescents, according to Canadian researchers.
By: Shamard Charles, MD
With the rise of legal weed, drug education moves from ‘don’t’ to ‘delay’
Drug prevention education in schools has evolved significantly since the “Just Say No” days of the ’80s — and now typically takes an approach that’s more appropriate for the era of ubiquitous weed ...
Out of the Shadows: Understanding Sexual Addiction
With the revised information and up-to-date research, Out of the Shadows is the premier work on sex addiction, written by a pioneer in its treatment.Sex is at the core of our identities. And when i...