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Addiction Recover Program (ARP) Conference
Merthyr Tydfil, Cardiff and Cheltenham Stakes
12 November 2011
Is There A Place For Me Here?
Addiction: You Will Be Freed
There is More To Addiction Than
Meets the Eye
Addiction is…
...a compulsion to repeat
a behaviour regardless
of its negative or
harmful consequences.
„Addiction has the
capacity to
disconnect the
human will and
nullify moral
agency. It can rob
one of the power
to decide.‟
Elder Boyd K.
Packer of the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles
What Makes It Addictive?
1.
• The thalamus and brainstem regulate pleasure and reward activities. These include eating and sexuality which are important in the survival of the individual and the species.
2.
• When we overuse pleasure centres, the cells that produce dopamine are overworked. As a defence reaction, the brain decreases the amount of dopamine available and also causes shrinkage in the cells that produce the dopamine around the cerebral cortex.
3.
• Shrinkage of cerebral cortex is a consequence of addiction. The shrinkage in the cerebral cortex also contributes to the compulsivity and impulsivity seen in addiction.
Understanding the Addictive Nature of Pornography
By Donald L. Hilton Jr., MD
What Makes It Addictive?
4.
• The cerebral cortex is where benefits and risks of pleasurable stimulus are weighed. It is the "thinking" part of the brain.
5.
• Day-to-day pleasures are not enough to alleviate the brain's craving for dopamine. This craving in the newly reset pleasure thermostat in the brain is likely key in the desire to relapse.
6.
• Brain restoration comes with abstinence to pornography. Restoration to more normal brain volume has been seen with recovery in addiction.
Understanding the Addictive Nature of Pornography
By Donald L. Hilton Jr., MD
“Will
power”
is not
always
enough
We have not been
left alone
‘The submission of one’s will is
really the only uniquely personal
thing we have to place on God’s
altar. It is a hard doctrine, but it is
true.
The many other things we give to God,
however nice that may be of us, are
actually things He has already given us,
and He has loaned them to us. But
when we begin to submit ourselves by
letting our wills be swallowed up in
God‟s will, then we are really giving
something to Him.‟
Elder Neal A.
Maxwell of the Quorum of the Twelve
Apostles
ADDICTION RECOVERY PROGRAMME: A Guide to Addiction Recovery and Healing
Written with support from Church
leaders and counseling professionals
by those who have suffered from
addiction and who have experienced
the miracle of recovery through the
Atonement of Jesus Christ.
A lifetime project, not a 12 week cure.
Read, Write, Ponder, Pray, Share.
Available in 16 languages: Chinese,
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Mongolian,
Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish,
Ukrainian, Russian.
„We have known great sorrow, but we
have seen the power of the Saviour turn
our most devastating defeats into
glorious spiritual victories. We who
once lived with daily depression,
anxiety, fear and debilitating anger now
experience joy and peace. We have
witnessed miracles in our
own lives and in the lives of
others who were ensnared
in addiction.‟
“I have found peace and hope in
this programme and a resolve to
overcome my addictions through
Christ that I never thought was
possible for someone like me.”
—Luanne, who is
recovering from an
addiction to drugs
“There‟s no pretences;
there‟s no judging,” said
Jonathan, who is recovering
from an addiction to heroin
and methamphetamines.
“We come together, and we
strengthen one another and
build relationships in a way
that we can‟t have in any
other setting.”
The meaning of the title was
revealed by the artist in his
statement: “Living the gospel
demands that we help one
another climb upward out of the
darkness of the world into the
light of truth. As the Lord‟s
Church, we form a living chain
on the mountain of this mortal
existence drawing one another
toward the veil, and the
presence of the Lord.”
"Ascent" © David Linn.
Used by permission.
www.davidlinn.com
We
have
not
been
left
alone