by Colleen Harrison | Oct 26, 2012 | Addiction, Perfectionism, Recovery
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 I Will Not Leave You Comfortless What I have shared this week is not theory on or commentary about the Savior’s absolutely essential role in overcoming addiction. It is my testimony of lived experience. I have...
by Colleen Harrison | Oct 4, 2012 | God's In Charge, Mortality, Recovery
If you were in an intensive care unit, would you want the electrocardiogram to suddenly start producing a straight line? Of course not! As long as that line is going up and down, it means you’re alive. Let the line go straight, with no valleys and no peaks, or in...
by Colleen Harrison | Sep 13, 2012 | Christ
I recently read a story of a precious little boy who fell off a pier while his parents weren’t looking at him. Within a few moments, maybe a minute, the father turned around and realized his son was gone. He was terrified, because the undercurrents were quite strong...
by Colleen Harrison | Aug 24, 2012 | Agency, God's In Charge, Mortality
Therefore, he giveth this promise unto you, with an immutable covenant that they shall be fulfilled; and all things wherewith you have been afflicted shall work together for your good, and to my name’s glory, saith the Lord. (D&C 98:3) As I consider the pain of...
by Colleen Harrison | Aug 15, 2012 | Addiction, Christ, Recovery
Addictions. We resort to them for comfort, but the comfort the addiction brings is actually numbness. Addictions fog the mind, weaken your ability to cope, sap your energy. They give the comfort of forgetting and hiding. Addictions tell you, “You poor thing. There,...