This article is part of our new series on addiction. In this series, our counselors are sharing how everyone can understand, overcome, and find freedom from addiction.
February is the month that tests anyone who desires to change a bad habit. Whether we eat too much, drink too much, exercise too little, or feel trapped in damaging lifestyle choices, many of us will set New Year’s resolutions to change.
It’s rare that someone can get through the whole month of January without reverting to the frustrating habit.
Addicts deal with this dynamic often. For some, it seems like they’re in a regular pattern of failure every month or two. For others, it’s a predictable season of stress at work or in family dynamics that causes them to binge on food, alcohol, tech, or other damaging habits.
We may feel like we have to fight this battle all alone and muster our own strength to finally win. However, the good news is that you are not alone.
God is with you and desires for you to have victory even more than you desire victory for yourself.
Throughout the New Testament, we see an example of Christ who understands temptation but
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