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How to Work a Good 12-Step Program

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 26, 2021
What exactly is a 12-step program?  It is the people, principles, prayers, and lifestyle practices of recovery from addiction that was started by Alcoholics Anonymous back in the 1930’s.  To work a program successfully, you need all four—the people, principles, prayers, and practices.  You can’t just read and learn at home, just go to meetings […]
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Is your Faith Toxic or Healthy?

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 26, 2021
  IS YOUR FAITH HEALTHY?   What is healthy faith, anyway, and who am I to judge it? As a psychologist, I can tell when people’s religious beliefs and lifestyles are enabling them to enjoy life, be enjoyable to others, and leave the world a better place each day. No matter what a person’s religious […]
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Triangles Can Help or Hurt Communication

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 26, 2021
Sometimes when we want to talk with someone, we assume they wouldn’t understand, or worse still, wouldn’t listen. Maybe they’d even fire back some criticism at the messenger so they didn’t have to deal with the message. So we send our message through a third party. This is called a ricochet message, or a bank […]
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Vampires and Zombies: How People Suck the Life Out of Each Other

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 26, 2021
Have you ever wondered why vampires and zombies have become so popular in American culture?   I believe it is caused by the huge rise of addictions in America, and by so many parents over-protecting and over-indulging their children.  Both of these trends have produced people whose lives resemble vampires and zombies on the inside, because they love […]
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Codependent Enabling: Stages of Decline

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 26, 2021
People trying to save or help their addicted loved ones are in a similar position to a pastor trying to save his congregation from sin. They often use similar tactics. After a time of this helping, the addict comes to resent the reforming efforts of the loved one, who is after all supposed to be […]
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Tranquilizers, Nerve, and Sleeping Pills

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 26, 2021
For the 20 million Americans who suffer from depression, I explained last week how antidepressant medication is wonderful. It helps relieve some of the symptoms of depression without creating any, and it even relieves one of the causes. Whereas antidepressants have no inflated street value because they give you no buzz or addictions, most medicines for anxiety are just […]
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Recovering from Trauma and Abuse

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 22, 2021
Can People Recover from Trauma and Abuse?              It is with both pride and embarrassment that America has become known as a victims’ society.  We can be proud that we prosecute perpetrators of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse at least as severely as most developed nations.  But we should […]
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How Do You Respond to Anger? Good and Bad Ways found in the Bible

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 18, 2021
  USING ANGER TO MAKE OR SOLVE CONFLICT by Dr. Paul Schmidt   Resentment vs. Peacemaking   Anger is the normal human response to injustice.  When faced with hurt, it guides and motivates our efforts to correct an unfair situation. When justice is seen through the eyes of divine love and mercy, the anger is […]
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Biblical Insights and Questions about Sexual Sin

By Dr. Paul Schmidt  on August 10, 2021
           (Each paragraph can be a private devotional, or a class for group discussion.) The Bible gives in rich detail how life unfolds for people who fall into sexual sin. It was pure visual seduction for David when he laid eyes on his neighbor’s wife Bathsheba (2Sam 11). His heart followed his eyes in violating the […]
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