Since August of 2009, when I first began this blog, I've continued to write about current affairs that focus on our nation's obsession with food or sex or alcohol or street/prescription drugs. Whether the "users" are parents, teachers, students, entertainers or athletes, the problem of addiction seems to touch all of us.
And after 100+ blogs and a little hiatus, I continue to ask, "Do you see what I see?" Does anyone else really want to see our nation change for the better? Are any of us willing to do something about the trend of addiction, assault, or abuse among our nation's young adults and children, rather than keep watching?
Because it is apparent that if we--adults who care--don't do or say something NOW, we will (1) watch another funeral of a talented musician who has a history of addiction, or (2) witness another arrest of students (or teachers) caught using drugs or assaulting/abusing coeds on their campus, or (3) risk becoming like 1/3 of Americans who suffer from obesity and heart disease because of poor eating habits and lack of exercise.
Addiction isn't someone else's problem. This is an American problem and it touches almost every family.
In this blog, LittleChangesBigResultsOnline.com, I've addressed America's addiction to food, sex, drugs, and alcohol by providing immediate little changes that every family can make that are proven to result in big changes, such as improved health, second chances at life, or ending the legacy of addiction in your family.
What is one little change you can make today? Please let me know if there are topics you would like me to address by writing to info@beckytirabassionline.com. Please forward this blog to a friend to join and receive weekly encouragement. Or read past posts that are of interest to you and make comments.
Make some noise! Let me know that you are listening!
Be encouraged,
Becky
I found you after reading "It's All About Him" by Denise Jackson. I read your story "Life of the Party" and cried along with you in the book. I've been suffering from life (depression, anxiety, and an alchohol problem)I feel God getting closer. I just wanted to say that you've inspired me to seek to be closer to Jesus.
ReplyDeleteAt times I feel like we are the little dutch boy with his finger in the hole in the dam & more holes are forming. Addiction in the media , therefore with most of young & old adults, seem to be another notch in the "I'm not responsible for my actions" umbrella. We aren't addressing addiction as a problem but just a "thing" we will all go thru like puberty. We must keep telling the truth about it if we are to save our youth who are following adults down addictions sinkhole.
ReplyDeleteI managed to not have a personal issue with addiction until after a serious car accident which left me with permanent spinal injuries. My issue isn't with pain meds but food. 2 years of steroids left me in less pain but with an additional 85 lbs. on my 5'4" frame. As a formerly healthy & active person, weight wasn't an issue before, I could eat what I wanted & stay in shape. Now the inability to exercise in any real form has left me with what I consider an eating addiction that I can no longer control the consequences of - being severely overweight. I never thought it could happen to me & I had no defenses against it outside of prayer. Some addiction start from unlikely reasons & we have to keep an open mind on peoples problems & their causes while not minimizing the need for hard work on our part.