347-348: Challenging the “Addiction” Paradigm with Regard to Pornography

Dan Wotherspoon Addiction, Pornography 35 Comments

347: Challenging the "Addiction" Paradigm with Regard to Pornography, Part 1 [ 1:09:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
348: Challenging the "Addiction" Paradigm with Regard to Pornography, Part 2 [ 1:32:16 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The past two weeks featured two opposing Op-Eds in the Salt Lake Tribune (here and here) focusing on the issue of pornography, and especially if an “addiction” …

329: Addiction and Recovery Series—Part 4: Being an Addict and Mormon

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329: Addiction and Recovery Series—Part 4: Being an Addict and Mormon [ 1:48:39 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This episode, the fourth in the Mormon Matters series on Addiction and Recovery, features the stories and insights of two wonderful people, James Cottrell and …

326: Addiction and Recovery Series—Part 3: One Family’s Story of Overcoming Pornography Addiction and Its Negative Effects

Dan Wotherspoon Pornography 13 Comments

326: Addiction and Recovery Series—Part 3: One Family’s Story of Overcoming Pornography Addiction and Its Negative Effects [ 1:40:12 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This episode, the third in our Mormon Matters Addiction and Recovery series, features another hopeful story, though it takes us through some very dark times …

325: Addiction and Recovery Series—Part 2: Effects on an Addict’s Family

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This episode contains a hopeful story, though one difficult to hear in all of its details. Ultimately the marriage of Christian and Kelle Smith has …

320–321: Addiction and Recovery—Part 1: Personal, Family, and Spiritual Dynamics

Dan Wotherspoon Addiction 5 Comments

320: Addiction and Recovery—Part 1 (First half): Personal, Family, and Spiritual Dynamics [ 1:04:32 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
321: Addiction and Recovery—Part 1 (Second half): Personal, Family, and Spiritual Dynamics [ 1:06:54 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this two-part episode, the first in a Mormon Matters podcast series on the many dynamics of addiction and the processes of recovery, often including …

66: Spiritual Secrets of Addiction Recovery

Dan Wotherspoon Addiction 26 Comments

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As the founders of Alcoholics Anonymous discovered, something profound can happen when addicts invite God or a power higher than themselves into their lives and …