SFT Awareness

Class in Smith Grove

Al Bugg is teaching a class at Smith Grove church of Christ on Wednesday nights. These classes will go through June 6th and are free. For more info please contact Al at (615) 653-8133 or (615) 563-2119 Email: albugg@sftawareness.org.

Sex Addiction Recovery

There is no doubt that sex addiction is destroying many homes and people. It is easy to hide causing many to continue walking in darkness with it. Of course, this only feeds the problem and allows it to become more frequent as well as crossing over boundaries that normally would ...

Humility is Active, not Passive

Humility is one of the foundational concepts we teach at SFT Awareness. It is a concept that some people are afraid to practice for fear of becoming a doormat. There are others who practice it as a doormat proving the former correct. However, it is false to view humility ...

Breakfast Success!

We want to thank everyone who came to our breakfast on March 3rd as well as those who made a donation. We had 68 people attend and raised over $3000. These funds will help us for our return trip to Malaysia, India, and New Zealand. May God bless you ...

Modern Day Bathsheba

By Eddy Farough 2 Samuel 11:2,4 - One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing…. David sent messengers to get her and he slept with her.

An Attitude Tweak

I once attended the funeral visitation of a six year old girl who died of cancer. She had battled this disease most of her short life. I gave the mother a hug and told her how sorry I was. She said to me, “I’m just thankful I had the opportunity ...

Make Journaling a Tool

One of the tools that is encouraged to use in learning to processing emotional pain and in the recovery process is journaling. Journals can be a great tool for identifying pain events, seeing patterns in destructive behaviors, and tracking progress. However, people are often unsure on what to write in ...

Be Prepared to HALT

By Gary Washer As an Eagle Scout I am constantly bringing up some of the principles I learned in the Boy Scouts. One of them that I bring up often is the Scout motto that says Be Prepared. One place this can be applied to is the SFT processing step ...

Book review: The Last Addiction

by Gary Washer Many people in the world struggle with some type of addiction, whether it is anger, sex, substances, or work. Many of these same people play a game with themselves. They will tell themselves things like, “I will stop this time.” They may make an effort to go to ...

Alcohol Addiction (sure)…. Drug Addiction (understood) …. Pornography Addiction (really?)

by Ed Farough When someone hears of alcohol addiction, or drug addiction, there is a modern understanding that a person has become addicted physiologically to a mind altering substance through usage over a lengthy time period. People see the reality that someone can reach a point in which their need ...