Breaking the Addictive Cycle: Deadly Obsessions or Simple Pleasures?

by David Powlison

Publisher:

New Growth Press

, 2005

Overview

You are bored or stressed or hurt. Something is hard in life and you want a break. What do you grab for that you hope will protect, soothe, and comfort? Whatever it is—shopping, overeating, drinking, drugs—promises relief, but never delivers. Instead, you are left feeling empty, anxious, guilty, and wanting more.

David Powlison shares that God made us for rest and pleasure, not for an obsessed and unsatisfied life. Understanding the true pleasure that comes from loving God and enjoying the good gifts he has given us will reorder your thinking and bring you freedom from your obsessions. Take the practical suggestions that David Powlison outlines here and see how your pleasures increase and your obsessions decrease.

Product Details

• Title: Breaking the Addictive Cycle: Deadly Obsessions or Simple Pleasures?
• Author: David Powlison
• Publisher: New Growth Press
• Print Publication Date: 2005
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Compulsive behavior
• ISBNs: 9781935273196, 1935273191
• Resource ID: LLS:BRKNGDDCTVCYCL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-09T15:55:32Z

About David Powlison

David Powlison, M.Div., Ph.D (1949-2019) was a popular speaker, writer, and faculty member of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation’s School of Biblical Counseling. He also taught Practical Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary and edited the Journal of Biblical Counseling. Dr. Powlison has also written Seeing with New Eyes: Counseling and the Human Condition Through the Lens of Scripture, a 2004 nominee for the coveted ECPA Gold Medallion Award. In addition, he has written Power Encounters: Reclaiming Spiritual Warfare, and numerous articles on counseling.