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Is Addiction Genetic? Predisposition vs. Predetermination

Is Addiction Genetic? Predisposition vs. Predetermination

Is Addiction Genetic? By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. Honestly, it is a question researchers still argue over. Some say yes, some say no, and the science has not settled it. What we can say with more confidence...

Why the Church Struggles to Talk About Pornography

Why the Church Struggles to Talk About Pornography

Why the Church Struggles to Talk About Pornography By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. Most churches will name pornography as a sin from the pulpit. Far fewer create a room where a person can admit they are stuck in...

Hooked vs. Addicted

Hooked vs. Addicted

Hooked vs. Addicted: When Does a Habit Cross the Line? By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. Being hooked on something and being addicted to it are not the same, and the difference matters more than most people...

The Root of Addiction

The Root of Addiction

The Root of Addiction By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. Almost no one dreams of ending up there. Nobody pictures themselves at the bar every night, or opening the same tab every night, or reaching for the same...

Are You in Love, or Addicted? Giving vs. Getting

Are You in Love, or Addicted? Giving vs. Getting

Are You in Love, or Addicted? By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. Love and addiction can feel like the same thing from the inside. Both are intoxicating. Both give you a high. So the intensity of the feeling won't...

How to Break a Habit

How to Break a Habit

How to Break a Habit By the Light Counseling clinical team. Clinical perspective from Zach Clinton, PhD, LPC. The most useful thing anyone ever said about breaking a habit is short: the way you overcome one is by finding something better to do. Jordan Peterson put it...